Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association (VHHA) affiliate VHHA Solutions announced Monday it has partnered with Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), a company which specializes in de-escalation and crisis prevention training across a wide range of environments including the healthcare field.
As an alliance of 111 hospitals and 26 health delivery systems that develops and advocates for health care policy across Virginia, VHHA’s partnership with CPI will seek to “promote safety” for patients and their families in health care facilities across the Commonwealth by training health care teams to “identify and de-escalate crises in the workplace to promote organization-wide safety and well-being.”
CPI offers a wide range of training programs that stem from four foundational programs: Verbal Intervention Training, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention With Advanced Physical Skills, and Dementia Capable Care.
Once trained in one of the four foundational programs, CPI also offers an option for individuals to enhance their training with trauma, mental health, and autism spectrum disorder content.
In addition to training health care professionals, CPI has trained more than 17 million people within service-oriented industries including education, behavioral health, long term care, human services, security, corporate, and retail since 1980.
VHHA’s work with CPI to train health care workers in de-escalation and crisis prevention scenarios comes as the rate of non-fatal injuries that result in missed time from work among health care professionals due to workplace violence “is more than triple the overall rate for all industries combined,” according to data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
While health care professionals account for approximately 10 percent of the total workforce, they experience 48 percent of the non-fatal injuries attributable to workplace violence.
CPI Chief Executive Officer Tony Jace said providing health care professionals with the tools needed in de-escalation and crisis prevention scenarios will “enhance safety, reduce workplace stress, and deliver high-quality care in every interaction.”
“By making it easier and more accessible for VHHA members to get certified in these skills, we’re ensuring that health care professionals across Virginia can gain valuable experience to support them in creating safer and more supportive experiences for both staff and patients,” Jace added.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
