How nurse leaders play a critical role in advancing safety and implementing technology-driven strategies

Workplace violence continues to take a toll on all healthcare settings. According to the American Hospital Association, U.S. hospitals incurred approximately $18.27 billion in violence-related costs in 2023. And each event comes with additional costs to staff morale and care quality. In this webinar, two experts in workplace violence solutions share practical and actionable evidence-based strategies aimed at helping healthcare executives prevent these events.

Our Faculty Will Answer These Questions:

• What hidden or indirect costs of workplace violence are healthcare organizations underestimating?
• Where should the ultimate ownership of workplace violence prevention reside within the executive structure?
• What metrics should C-suite leaders routinely review to evaluate violence prevention effectiveness?
• What is a layered approach to prevention and how do safety technologies enhance it?

Faculty:

Julie Cullen, Moderator

Managing Editor, American Nurse Journal
Julie works with the rest of the HCM content development team to produce each issue of American Nurse Journal, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Nurses Association. She edits all articles to ensure they provide practical, easy-to-read information that nurses can put into practice. She also curates content for NurseLine, the weekly ANJ newsletter. Julie, who has a BA in technical writing, has worked in healthcare book and journal publishing for over 30 years.

Dan Snyder, MSN, RN, LNCC

Associate Vice President, Public Safety-Risk Mitigation Advocate Health
With more than 17 years of nursing experience and over a decade in healthcare risk management, Dan Serves as the Associate Vice President of Public Safety-Risk Management for Advocate Health, the third largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. A recognized thought leader in healthcare security technology, workplace violence prevention, and risk management. Dan brings a unique blend of clinical knowledge, strategic insight, and technological expertise to advancing safety across large-scale healthcare environments.

Matt Lethbridge

Enterprise Director Security Technology – Advocate Health
As Enterprise Director of Security Technology for Advocate Health, Matt is a nationally recognized leader in shaping cutting-edge security technology strategy across the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States. Having decades of combined experience in IT and Security Technology he has driven the adoption of advanced technologies that directly enhance safety for patients, team members, and visitors across large, complex enterprise healthcare environments. By leveraging intelligent security platforms, integrated systems, and emerging innovations he leads the development of enterprise solutions that strengthen situational awareness, improve response capabilities, and create safer care settings.

This webinar has been developed and is sponsored by: