Foundation to host “Healthcare Workplace Violence” event on April 9

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation Workplace Violence Committee will host the in-person educational event “Tackling the Epidemic of Healthcare Workplace Violence” on Thursday, April 9 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., CDT at the UT Southwestern Gooch Auditorium in Dallas.

Data from the American Hospital Association shows that 81% of healthcare workers face workplace violence and three nurses are assaulted every hour in the U.S. In addition, healthcare workers are five times more likely to be assaulted than in any other industry and workplace violence costs U.S. hospitals $18.27 billion a year.

The agenda will include:

• Panel Discussion – “Workplace Violence in Healthcare – the Federal, State and Local Perspective,” with John Creuzot, Dallas District Attorney; Jack Frazee, Director of Government Affairs, General Counsel, Texas Nurses Association; Dr. Joseph Chang, CMO, Parkland Health; and Moderator Stephen Love, President/CEO, DFW Hospital Council;

• “American Hospital Association – Building Safer Workplaces and Communities: Strategies to Prevent and Address WPV in Health Care,” with Elisa Arespacochaga, MBA, Group VP, Clinical Affairs and Workforce, American Hospital Association; and Jordan Steiger, MPH, MA, LSW, Director of Behavioral Health and Violence Prevention, American Hospital Association;

• “Behavioral Health,” with Dr. Mallory Cash, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern;

• “Behavioral Threat Assessment Program,” with Melissa Jones, CHPA, HS-BCP, CADC, Director Workplace Violence Prevention, Children’s Health;

• “Threat Safety Science,” Vicki King, Former Assistant Chief of Police for Converged Threat/Risk Protection and Investigations, MD Anderson Cancer Center and UT Health Science Center.

Registration and breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m.

There will be 4.5 Contact hours provided by Terri Goodman & Associates, an approved provider of continuing nursing education credit by the California Board of Nursing (CEP16550).

Several additional CE credits will be applied for.

You can register here.

For information, please contact Patti Taylor at ptaylor@dfwhcfoundation.org.