More than 300 attendees turn out for Foundation’s “Workplace Violence” seminar
Stephen Love (left) of DFWHC leads a panel discussion with John Creuzot (l to r), Dallas County District Attorney, Jack Frazee of the Texas Nurses Association and Dr. Joseph Chang, CMO at Parkland Health.
Great turnout today for the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s in-person educational event “Tackling the Epidemic of Healthcare Workplace Violence” at UT Southwestern’s Gooch Auditorium. Hosted by the Foundation’s Workplace Violence Committee, more than 300-plus were in attendance.
“We were thrilled by the turnout today,” said Patti Taylor, the DFWHC Foundation’s Director of Quality and Patient Services and coordinator of the event. “Data from the American Hospital Association shows that 81% of healthcare workers face workplace violence costing U.S. hospitals more than $18 billion a year. We wanted to provide an opportunity for North Texas healthcare employees to hear from the experts and perhaps learn how to assess a dangerous situation and how to apply such skills in the workplace.”
The event opened with the panel discussion, “Workplace Violence in Healthcare – the Federal, State and Local Perspective,” with John Creuzot, Dallas District Attorney; Jack Frazee, Director of Government Affairs and General Counsel and the Texas Nurses Association; Dr. Joseph Chang, CMO of Parkland Health; and Moderator Stephen Love, President/CEO of DFWHC.
Additional highlights included:
- • “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.
All of the presentations will be posted on the DFWHC Foundation website at https://dfwhcfoundation.org/workplace-violence-event-2026/.
For information, please contact Patti at ptaylor@dfwhcfoundation.org.
More than 300 attendees turned out this morning for the DFWHC Foundation’s “Workplace Violence” seminar at UT Southwestern.