Topic
Threat Assessment
Integrating structured behavioral threat-assessment processes into a WVP program — identification, evaluation, and management pathways documented alongside the plan.
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Threat Assessment
Standing Up a Threat Assessment Team in a Hospital
Build a multidisciplinary threat assessment team that holds up at survey — charter, membership, activation pathway, and records — without ever framing it as a security operation.
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Threats From Patients, Visitors & Domestic Cases
A patient threat, a visitor threat, and a domestic situation spilling into care call for different responses. Learn how to manage each defensibly within one workplace violence program.
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The Pathway to Violence: Grievance, Fixation, Leakage
Targeted violence follows a recognizable pathway. Learn how grievance, fixation, and leakage help healthcare threat assessment teams act on concerning behavior before escalation.
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Duty to Warn in Texas: Threats and Healthcare
Texas limits a mental-health provider's duty to warn — but threat assessment teams still need a clear, documented protocol. How Texas law shapes your healthcare threat response.
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Documenting Threat Assessments So They Help in Court
A threat assessment record can defend a facility or become Exhibit A. Learn how to document evaluations and management decisions so they help — not haunt — you in litigation and survey.
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De-Escalation vs. Threat Assessment vs. Response
These three workplace violence capabilities are not interchangeable. Learn how de-escalation, threat assessment, and emergency response divide the work — and what surveyors expect of each.
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Communicating a Credible Threat Across Shifts
A credible threat known only to one shift is a gap surveyors and litigators find. Learn how to hand off threat information across shifts and departments — defensibly and within privacy rules.
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Behavioral Threat Assessment in Healthcare Settings
How healthcare facilities build a structured, documented behavioral threat assessment process — and tie it into the WVP program surveyors review under Chapter 331 and the Joint Commission.
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Behavioral Emergency Response Teams in Healthcare
A behavioral emergency response team (BERT) is the rapid-response arm of threat management. Learn how to stand one up, document activations, and tie it to your WVP program.
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Read article →Know where your program stands
A Survey-Readiness Audit scores your committee, plan, training, and governing-body reporting against every standard that applies to your facility — in one document.