Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

This program offers a grant to assist rural communities in distance learning and telemedicine. It provides guidelines for who is eligible for the award and guidance on completion of the application.

The Center for Connected Health Policy, The National Telehealth Policy Resource Center, informs about telehealth laws, policies and the latest regulatory changes. It has an interactive map and provides monthly features and news updates.

A practical guide is available to incorporate telemedicine into physician practices that outlines steps and beneficial guidelines through an interactive learning module.

TeamSTEPPS provides resources to integrate processes and non-violent interventions to safely manage disruptive and aggressive patients.

This article provides pros and cons of whether security officers should be armed while working in healthcare facilities.

This video provides techniques on handling an active shooter situation.

Acitve shooter events are increasing more and more across the U.S. and the experts have developed tools to help the lay person identify a potential active shooter as a risk reduction strategy.

Healthcare organizations should take the possiblity of an active shooter event occuring in their facility very seriously. These resources provide key tactics on managing violent and disruptive behavior as a risk reduction process.