title: How to use security risk assessments to manage risks, prevent violence and deal with new threats.
abstract: With a growing number of healthcare security requirements from states as well as regulators like FEMA, CMS, and DHS, the need to conduct comprehensive Security Risk Assessments has become essential, according to the author. In this article, she provides the basic elements of such assessments as well as guidance on how to apply them to a facility report and how to present the report to management.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramsey-Hamilton
mesh_terms: D006268:Health Facilities; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012637:Security Measures; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*