Hospital Staff Increasingly Under Assault.

The article focuses on the increase in number of U.S. hospital staff under assault and how hospitals respond. In a survey by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering and the periodical "Health Facilities Management," 70% of the respondents said their hospitals increased their security department's budget. According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report, about 60% of all nonfatal, violent assaults that occurred in the workplace were in the healthcare and social assistance industry.