Hospital and Healthcare Security

Tony W. York, CHPA, CPP is an influential leader in the healthcare security field with over 30 years of healthcare security executive experience. He is a past president of IAHSS (‘07-’08) and a long-standing leader of the Council on Guidelines. He is also a founding member and contributing author to the Security Design Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to the advancement of healthcare security. He is board-certified in security management with Certified Protection Professional designation and Distinguished Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator. He holds an Executive MBA from the University of Denver, M.S. in Loss Prevention and Safety from Eastern Kentucky University, and a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from Appalachian State University. He is currently Executive Vice President – Healthcare for the Paladin Security Group and the founder and principal consultant for FlyBox, LLC, a safeness consultancy.Don MacAlister, CHPA, is the Chief Operating Officer for Paladin Security Group, a privately owned full service security company and the largest provider of healthcare security in Canada. He has more than 35 years of experience in the security industry, learning the fundamentals while working in the federal prison system early in his career, before moving on to university security as a precursor to his nearly quarter century spent in healthcare, in both the public and private sectors. As the Executive Director of Integrated Protection Services, he oversaw security and parking for 27 hospitals and more than 300 community sites in the Vancouver-area, before moving to Paladin in 2011. Don is a past member of the IAHSS Board of Directors and has been a member of the Association’s Council on Guidelines since 2008. Don was named Canada’s Security Director of the Year in 2010. Originally from Scotland, he grew up on Canada’s west coast, where he earned a B.A. degree in Criminal Justice from the University of the Fraser Valley.

"Practitioners who are looking for proven solutions to old or new security problems should start with this reference…an invaluable resource to hospital and healthcare security professionals, to consultants, and even to facility administrators." --ASIS Dynamics

• 1: The Healthcare Environment2: Protecting a Healing Environment3: Healthcare Security Risks and Vulnerabilities4: Security Management Planning5: Managing the Basic Elements of Healthcare Security6: Security Department Organization and Staffing7: Leadership and Professional Development (NEW)8: The Healthcare Security Officer9: The Security Uniform and Defensive Equipment10: Training and Development11: Deployment and Patrol Activities12: Program Documentation and Performance Measures13: Patient Care Involvement and Intervention14: Human Resources and Staff Responsibilities15: Employee Involvement and Security Awareness16: Investigative Activity17: Security Design Consideration for Healthcare (NEW)18: Physical Security Safeguards19: Electronic Security System Integration20: Preventing and Managing Healthcare Aggression and Violence21: Areas of Higher Risk22: Areas of Special Concern23: Parking and the External Environment24: Non-Acute Facilities and Off-Campus Programs and Services (NEW)25: Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Management26: A Primer for Healthcare Executives