Constructing with Care: Building Safer Healthcare Spaces Part 1 with Deb Sheehan, Healthcare Marketing Strategy Leader for DPR Construction, and Jay Farhat, Executive Director of Protective Services at Baptist Health

Welcome to Episode 9 of Constructing with Care, a Podcast for healthcare executives to discuss topics affecting capital projects today. Your host for today’s episode is Deb Sheehan, the Healthcare Marketing Strategy Leader for DPR Construction. Deb welcomes Jay Farhat, Executive Director of Protective Services at Baptist Health, to the first part of the discussion on the escalating threats faced by healthcare workers and the crucial role of building capital project expansion in fostering safer and healing-centered environments. The numbers are alarming being healthcare workers five times more likely to experience workplace violence than workers from any other industry. Hear how construction and expansion can help create a safer space. 

Stay tuned for the second part of this conversation, where they will dive deep into the escalating concerns within behavioral health departments, the importance of AI in autonomous devices, and the pivotal role of capital projects in shaping safer environments.

Key Takeaways:

[2:10] Jay shares his security background and experience at Baptist Health. 

[4:19] Jay discusses the key factors to ensure the effective implementation of strategies to prevent workplace violence in healthcare.

[5:52] Jay talks about some of the strategies used by Baptist Health and how they have been scaling from main campuses to satellite locations.

[9:03] Jay addresses the most effective innovations and technologies applied in Baptist Health

[12:43] Jay talks about the most successful training given to his security personnel to de-escalate potentially violent scenarios.

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Check out the American Hospital Association article: Developing Effective Workplace Violence-Prevention Strategies