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# [Emergency room violence prompts hospitals to tighten security](https://blog.midches.com/blog/emergency-room-violence-prompts-hospitals-to-tighten-security)

 Written by [Steve Pennington](https://blog.midches.com/blog/author/steve-pennington) | May 7, 2015 6:37:00 PM

by David Weldon

Several recent high-profile attacks against healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals have exposed dangerous flaws with security at healthcare providers, prompting hospitals administrators and even lawmakers to look for ways to better safeguard staff.

*[Read David Weldon's entire article in Healthcare Finance here](http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/emergency-room-violence-prompts-hospitals-tighten-security)*

 

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