title: Securing our hospitals--an executive summary of the GE security & IAHSS healthcare benchmarking study.
abstract: The landmark study, published in October 2007, enables hospital security directors to compare their facilities to others and use the benchmarking information to help improve their programs. In this article, the author who directed the study's research, describes what she sees as some of its key findings. The complete presentation, which covers 48 detailed charts, can be downloaded at the IAHSS website (www.iahss.org). Go to the member welcome page to access the GE Study.
authors.affiliation: GE Security, Bradenton, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Kristi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rees
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D006761:Hospitals; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States