Four Ways You Can Help Prevent Workplace Violence in Your
Clinical Setting

Healthcare workers face some of the highest rates of workplace violence among all professions, and prevention requires tailored approaches. Practical, team-based solutions backed by leadership are most effective. Here are some ways you can help improve safety at work:

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  1. Case StudiesOur case studies are designed to sharpen your patient safety skills with insight gained from med mal issues—derived from real cases from CRICO’s Candello national claims database. Discover what went wrong, what made a difference, and how harm could have been avoided.
  2. Patient Safety Alerts: Short, focused summaries from our AMC Patient Safety Organization highlight common risk patterns and prevention strategies you can put into action.
  3. PodcastsOur Medmal Insider and Safety Net podcasts, with transcripts, feature case studies and clinical and patient safety leaders from Harvard and around the world to bring you the knowledge you need for safer patient care. You can visit our website or subscribe to receive notice of new episodes to listen to—anytime and anywhere. A convenient way to help meet risk management self-report CME requirements in Massachusetts.
  4. Risk Management Education/Online Courses: As an ACCME accredited provider, CRICO provides many options to help you meet your Continuous Medical Education (CME) needs and Massachusetts risk management requirements. You can start with our on‑demand, online courses grounded in national malpractice data and real‑world claims experiences.
  5. Patient Safety LibraryBrowse our extensive library of patient safety insights and resources by topic and specialty.

By working together and reinforcing a culture of safety, healthcare teams can better protect one another, provide higher-quality patient care, and strengthen the resilience of the entire healthcare environment.

Read more: Combating Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Team Up for Patient Safety

Strategies for Patient Safety

Each year in March, Patient Safety Awareness Week highlights the shared responsibility clinicians have in creating safer systems of care. This year’s theme, “Team Up for Patient Safety”, reflects a central truth about modern healthcare: safe patient care depends on how effectively clinicians work together. 

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Strategies for Patient Safety

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A 42-year-old female dissatisfied with post-surgical outcomes for chronic pelvic pain sued her gynecologist.
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