Quality Events
Reducing Workplace Violence Through Violence Risk Screening and Meaningful Interventions
Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center - Janesville
Mercyhealth developed a targeted documentation tool to empower bedside staff to accurately record episodes of patient violence within the medical record. Alongside this, they implemented a violence risk screening tool embedded with meaningful interventions aimed at proactively identifying high-risk patients. This initiative supports staff safety, enhances leadership and security involvement, and fosters a culture where safety is a top priority. By improving reporting practices, we aim to reduce incidents of workplace violence and better protect our healthcare teams.
Project Objectives
Mercyhealth developed a targeted documentation tool to empower bedside staff to accurately record episodes of patient violence within the medical record. Alongside this, they implemented a violence risk screening tool embedded with meaningful interventions aimed at proactively identifying high-risk patients. This initiative supports staff safety, enhances leadership and security involvement, and fosters a culture where safety is a top priority. By improving reporting practices, we aim to reduce incidents of workplace violence and better protect our healthcare teams.
Project Objectives
- Provide a background of Mercyhealth and the issue they identified
- Discuss the barriers to reporting workplace violence
- Demonstrate the tools we implemented to increase reporting
- Share the interventions they established
- Help to create a culture of prioritizing staff safety across the Stateline
DATE
Jul. 31, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
LOCATION
Virtual
