title: Sitting in the hot seat: healthcare security to the witness stand.
abstract: Hospitals, like all employers, are highly vulnerable to lawsuits for negligent hiring and for negligent security when a serious incident, such as a murder, occurs. In this article, the author, an applicant-screening expert, discusses in detail an actual case in which a security officer was murdered. He reviews the lessons learned to help security professionals mitigate the risk of avoidable claims of negligence.
authors.affiliation: SecurTest, Inc., Tamps, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Millwee
mesh_terms: D006708:Homicide; D006761:Hospitals; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012637:Security Measures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States