Presenter: Brett Bramlett, MHA, CHPA, CHSP

Session Description:
Join us for an inside look at how Huntsville Hospital Health System’s Security Department achieved national recognition through innovation, leadership, and measurable impact.

In this exclusive session, Huntsville Hospital Health System will share how its Security team transformed operations, reduced risks, and set new benchmarks for excellence. From pioneering programs to achieving award-winning outcomes, their journey offers actionable strategies for healthcare organizations of all sizes.

Key Highlights:

• Founding the Alabama IAHSS Chapter and its positive impact on the HH SP department.
• 100% of Security Officers have been trained at the CHSO level before Academy Graduation for the past 20 years.
• Saving $450,000+ annually.
• Stopped illegal narcotic deliveries from making it to patients.
• HH SSP started the State of Alabama’s first hospital security-based K9 program.
• 100% of department personnel are trained in bleed-control and tourniquet use.
• In January 2024, Security rolled out the first-ever workplace violence prevention magnet system. Since the inception of these magnets, there have been ZERO injuries from assaults with patients with a magnet.
• Won the coveted IAHSS Foundation Lindburg Bell Program of Excellence Award.

Learning Objectives:
1. Best Practices: Identify key strategies and best practices that contributed to winning the IAHSS Lindberg Bell Award for Excellence.

2. Understand how to implement leadership and team development initiatives that drive high performance in healthcare security.

3. Explore methods to measure and demonstrate the impact of security programs on organizational safety and operational success.

CHPA/CE Credit Awarded: 1