Addressing workplace violence starts with data (IHI, 25 September 2024)

Summary

Identifying and standardising how healthcare systems and regulators measure violence against health care workers can help predict, prevent, and address such incidents.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Innovation team recently completed a 90-day research cycle to draft a framework that health systems might use to create reliable prediction and response systems to reduce physical violence and improve safety of the healthcare workforce. It completed a literature scan of existing approaches and frameworks and conducted key informant and expert interviews with approximately thirty experts at 19 healthcare organisations. 

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Figure 1. Keeping the Health Care Workforce Safe from Violence Driver Diagram (IHI, 2023).