Mass General Brigham is cracking down on patients who cross the line. The healthcare provider released its new Patient Code of Conduct this week, with a list of behavior towards staff members that ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the latest system to adopt a patient code of conduct amid a national increase of violence against healthcare workers, the system ...

A major East Coast health system is looking to clamp down on a recent uptick in harassment and violence against healthcare workers by canceling nonemergency care for those who violate its new “Patient ...

Amid the threat of workplace violence, hospitals must take further actions to protect employees, like instituting a patient code of conduct, a former UF Health-Jacksonville (Fla.) leader argues in a ...

In response to the high rate of workplace violence at hospitals, the Connecticut Hospital Association announced a new code of conduct policy for patients and families on Friday. The new patient code ...

Hospitals can be incredibly depressing places. They're filled with so much pain and suffering, and, for many people, it's in a hospital that they will experience some of if not the worst days of their ...

In this week's BMJ, Nigel Hawkes, freelance journalist and Director of Straight Statistics, a campaign for the better use of statistical data, investigates how the way that patients are allocated ...

Hospitalized patients may feel a bit anxious about the tremendous amount of activity within the hospital during their stay. Adding to the uneasiness, many different healthcare providers come and go ...