“Workplace Violence Prevention: Implementing Strategies for Safer Healthcare Organizations”
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The Joint Commission and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)* present… Workplace Violence Prevention: Implementing Strategies for Safer Healthcare Organizations”
This webinar will offer an opportunity to learn from The Joint Commission and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in a review of OSHA’s 2015 Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers, as well as The Joint Commission’s standards related to Workplace Violence (WPV) prevention. The most recent Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert on this topic published in April 2018, and it focused on physical and verbal violence against healthcare workers. Learn from work done by OSHA and The Joint Commission, as well as the Department of Family Medicine at Michigan State University. The presenter will describe how a multi-hospital, tailored intervention study effectively reduced violent events, as well as ways to apply this approach to your organization.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to…
- Identify factors that can contribute to potential WPV in a healthcare setting.
- Understand key components of a WPV prevention program.
- Develop strategies for implementing a WPV prevention program.
For more than 20 years, OSHA and The Joint Commission have collaborated to help organizations comply with existing requirements, as well as provide information, guidance and access to training resources. Recently, the OSHA Alliance has focused on the growing problem of WPV, a significant hazard in the healthcare industry.
Space is limited for this webinar. Registration will close when we have reached maximum capacity. This webinar will be recorded. If you are unable to participate, a replay of the webinar with presentation slides will be available on The Joint Commission website approximately 5-7 business days following the program.
Presenter: Judith Arnetz, PhD, MPH, PT | Department of Family Medicine | Michigan State University
Target audience: All healthcare professions and administrative staff
Continuing Education Credit: This webinar is approved for 1.0 Continuing Education Credit from…
- Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) (AMA PRA Category 2 Credits™)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
- California Board of Registered Nursing
- Certified Joint Commission Professionals (CJCP)
- International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
- CE/CME/CEU credits are available for the live audio only. Credits will not be available for webinar replays. In order to claim credits, you must have:
- Individually registered for the webinar through The Joint Commission website.
- Listened to the webinar in its entirety. Only those listening live on the day of the call will be eligible to receive credit. This is an educational program being offered exclusively to Joint Commission-accredited organizations.
- Completed a post-program evaluation/attestation. A link to the post-program evaluation/attestation will be sent to your registered email 24-48 hours after the webinar. After completion of the survey, you will receive a printable certificate available to download. Please note: The survey will close approximately 2 weeks after the “live” webinar.
For more information on The Joint Commission’s continuing education policies, click here. Questions should be addressed to The Joint Commission.
* NOTE: This is an industry resource-sponsored webinar. HealthTrust has not approved and/or endorsed the content. This program may contain the mention of products, services, drugs or brands presented in a case study or comparative format. Such examples are intended for educational and informational purposes and should not be perceived as a HealthTrust endorsement of any particular supplier, product, service, drug, brand or approach.
