Mike Hodges, MA, CHPA, serves as System Director of Public Safety at Piedmont Healthcare.
Mike will deliver a presentation "Workplace Violence Prevention Improves Patient Care" at Becker's Hospital Review 12th Annual Meeting. As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the conference, which will take place in Chicago from April 25-28, 2022.
To learn more about the conference and Mike's session, click here.
Q: What are your top priorities for 2022?
Mike Hodges: Continuing to promote clinical intervention in workplace violence in healthcare. I believe that effective workplace violence prevention is a critical competitive advantage for healthcare organizations, both as a means to improved patient care and as a means to improved employee engagement. Continuing to promote the growth of security expertise in healthcare as a critical business enabler, and as a means to security critical business functions within healthcare.
Q: How do you plan to pivot strategies this year to better serve patients?
MH: As stated, I think we have to stop looking at workplace violence prevention as something we do solely for the employee. It is critical for our employees, but we also have to start linking it to improving patient outcomes. There is significant opportunity here.
Q: What technologies and innovations are you most excited about in healthcare right now?
MH: Leveraging clinical violence risk assessments in conjunction with patient flagging within the EMR as a means to prevent violence and improve patient care. Effective video analytics present opportunity to truly leverage existing security video systems as preventative tools rather than just reactionary tools.
Q: What advice do you have for emerging healthcare leaders today?
MH: Take a broader view of the healthcare ecosystem, and learn to leverage the support functions of your organization more effectively. We have to stop looking at ancillary areas as cost centers, and look at them more as investment areas that enable business function and quality patient care.