Texas Children’s Hospital is facing $15,625 in penalties after a security officer was hospitalized in an attack, according to federal authorities. During the Nov. 10, 2022, attack, authorities said ...

University of Queensland research has found verbal and physical abuse of medical receptionists by patients is rife, and causing lasting harm. Dr Fiona Willer from UQ's Centre for Community Health and ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — A caretaker at a Mount Pleasant facility is suspected of assaulting a memory care patient. Sukinah Misyulina Knox, 45, is charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult. She ...

In May, surveyors issued Jefferson Health’s Abington (Pa.) Hospital an immediate jeopardy warning after determining a security guard used excessive force against a psychiatric patient who had not ...

PARIS — The rise in violent incidents at hospitals and doctors' offices has led clinicians to be on constant lookout for ways to keep themselves safe while caring for patients. At SantExpo 2023, well ...

SPRINGFIELD — When Dr. Mark Kenton does his daily rounds, he’s taking the pulse of Mercy Medical Center’s entire Department of Emergency Medicine. Kenton wants to know how many patients are there, how ...

Aggression against care and welfare workers in the Netherlands remains common, despite government campaigns and measures, the ...

Aggressive behavior of patients is noticeably increasing in clinics and medical practices. High time pressure, overcrowded waiting rooms, and often unrealistic expectations among patients can cause ...