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ArticleJournal of hospital medicine2026

Breaking the cycle: Preventing workplace violence against healthcare workers.

Christina T Vo, Karen Brooks, Emmanuel King

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Article in Journal of hospital medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christina T VoDepartment of Patient Safety, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8473-2259
Karen BrooksDepartment of Nursing, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Emmanuel KingPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6723-3577

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Workplace violence (WPV) in healthcare is a growing crisis, and hospital-based approaches are urgently needed. We review two recently published efforts and describe our own pathway to address WPV. Sahota et al. implemented a specialized team and leveraged individualized care plans for high-risk patients, while Littlefield et al. took a policy-driven approach, enabling administrative discharge of disruptive patients. Our pathway utilized patient-centered anticipatory guidance, staff de-escalation training, and a behavioral emergency response. All three approaches illustrate that WPV prevention must move beyond reactive protocols and pivot to proactive, patient-informed solutions.

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Health PersonnelWorkplace ViolenceHumansWorkplace

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PMID40975826
PMCPMC12747482

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