SWA WELCOMES PARKVIEW HEALTH TO OUR NETWORK

Sorensen, Wilder & Associates is proud to welcome the Parkview Health System of Fort Wayne, IN to our network of healthcare clients.  SWA recently completed security vulnerability assessment site visits at the seven Parkview Health hospitals, and worked closely with the safety and security leadership at each location.  We thank Parkview for the confidence they have shown in us, and we look forward to working together in the future.

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NEW JOINT COMMISSION EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STANDARD

The Joint Commission's new Emergency Management Standard for hospitals is causing quite a stir.  Achieving compliance is proving to be difficult, and for most hospitals,. their Emergency Operations Plans (EOP) must be re-written, taking a multi-dimensional approach:, addressing planning, response, mitigation, and recovery.  In addition, hospitals must now take an "all hazards" approach, and develop plans that can adapt to a multitude of scenarios.

Sorensen, Wilder & Associates has already assisted several hospitals get their emergency management programs into compliance.  The SWA team has re-written plans to meet the new standards, as well as tested them and facilitated drills designed to test the new plans.  From rural to urban hospitals, we have written the EOP's that hospitals need in order to be responsive to all types of potential hazards in their market area.

Contact Steve Wilder at SWA for more information on getting your emergency management program into compliance today!

For more information, contact SWA at 800-568-2931

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SCHOOL SECURITY ISSUES CONTINUE TO DRAW ATTENTION

American schools are being plagued by an increase in violence, and school administrators are scrambling for solutions.  Sorensen, Wilder & Associates (SWA) wants to point out that quick fixes will not provide the answers we need, and that corrective measures have to be taken from a programmatic approach, and must include the entire security program.

Steve Wilder, President and COO of Sorensen, Wilder & Associates (SWA) was recently a guest on WGN Chicago Channel 9 News, talking about emerging issues in school security.  With school clients across the nation, SWA has earned a national reputation for it's no-nonsense approach to securing our schools. Steve spoke to a national audience on the Chicago-based super station about the P2T2® approach to securing schools, and how People, Programs, Training, and Technology must all be addressed in order to have a complete school security program.

For more information, contact SWA at 800-568-2931

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SWA's "THE ESSENTIALS OF AGGRESSION MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE" NOW AVAILABLE AS IN-HOUSE TRAINING PROGRAM

In Economics 101, we learned the basic rule of supply and demand. At SWA, we are now experiencing it firsthand. Since our book "The Essentials of Aggression Management in Healthcare: From Talkdown to Takedown" was first published, our program by the same title has become so popular, we can no longer keep up with the demand for training. As a result, SWA has announced the development of a Train-The-Trainer class, designed to allow hospitals to use in-house instructors to provide this popular training.

The pilot program was provided at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE where Ann Taylor-Trujillo, Director of Clinical Services said "we have used a number of other programs in the past, but turned to the SWA program because it was specifically focused on hospitals, and because it was taught by experienced hospital security professionals. The training was realistic, enjoyable, and affordable".

                                                      For more information contact SWA at 800-568-2931
 

For information on any SWA program, contact us at 800-568-2931