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A podcast focusing on health care quality, experience and affordability trends and solutions, offering some first steps toward improving quality challenges in your organization. Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler, M.D. and co-host Sheri Nemec, M.S. invite Mayo Clinic experts to share insights about innovative work to drive excellence in quality, safety, experience, and affordability, and to explore some of the biggest challenges in healthcare quality. Tune in to learn more about #MayoKeyintoquality
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Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Healthcare Workplace Violence: Stories from the Front Line
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Host: Timothy Morgenthaler, MD @DrTimMorg
Guests: Molly, Nurse Practitioner, Mayo Clinic and Tracey, Gift Shop Manager, Mayo Clinic
Across the world, hospital violence has been a quiet, growing epidemic. Did you know that health care workers are at five times greater risk of being injured by violence than employees in any other private sector industry? Since 2011, labor department data shows that hospitals have seen roughly a 60% increase in the rate of attacks reported against health care workers. What are the chances that you might be the victim of violence in your workplace? More importantly, how do you think that would affect you?
Today we are going to hear up close and personal from some people at the front lines and their experiences with workplace violence.
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