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October 6, 2026

Beyond the Incident: Calculating the True Cost of Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Healthcare workplace violence is often framed purely as a safety issue. However, its real cost extends far beyond the moment a Canopy duress button is double-pressed.

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Healthcare workplace violence is often framed purely as a safety issue. However, its real cost extends far beyond the moment a Canopy duress button is double-pressed. For healthcare organizations, a single incident triggers a cascade of consequences that are rarely fully accounted for.

R.L. Hughes of Beebe Health and Justin Green of Canopy discuss securing funding for workplace violence prevention.

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October 8, 2026

How Beebe Healthcare Made the Business Case for Staff Safety

Healthcare workplace violence is often framed purely as a safety issue. However, its real cost extends far beyond the moment a Canopy duress button is double-pressed. For healthcare organizations, a single incident triggers a cascade of consequences that are rarely fully accounted for.

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October 6, 2026

Beyond the Incident: Calculating the True Cost of Workplace Violence in Healthcare

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October 1, 2026

Why Workplace Safety Is Your Most Underutilized Retention Tool

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October 1, 2026

Safety in Behavioral Health: Why a Distinct Approach Is Essential

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September 24, 2026

Are Hospital Security Systems Really Protecting Healthcare Workers?

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September 23, 2026

Explore workplace violence in healthcare, including statistics, OSHA requirements, prevention strategies, and hospital safety technology.

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September 23, 2026

5 De-escalation Techniques for Those in Health Systems

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September 17, 2026

How to Recognize the Warning Signs of Behavioral Escalations

Staffing effectively is part of a workplace violence prevention strategy

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September 10, 2026

Safe Staffing Is a Workplace Violence Prevention Strategy

Canopy Buttons Debut at Beebe Healthcare

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August 27, 2026

Canopy Buttons Debut at Beebe Healthcare

St. Mary's Health System Deploys Canopy's Wearable Safety Technology

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August 26, 2026

St. Mary's Health System Deploys Canopy's Wearable Safety Technology System-Wide to Enhance Employee Safety

Beebe Healthcare Deploys Canopy’s Wearable Safety Technology

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August 12, 2026

Beebe Healthcare Deploys Canopy’s Wearable Safety Technology to Protect Staff and Strengthen Its Culture of Safety

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August 6, 2026

Back to School, Back to Stress: Why Fall is a Critical Time for Pediatric Hospital Staff Safety

The Compounding Cost: What Workplace Violence Really Costs at Every Stage of an Incident

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July 16, 2026

The Compounding Cost: What Workplace Violence Really Costs at Every Stage of an Incident

The Physical Toll of Workplace Violence

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July 10, 2026

The Physical Toll of Workplace Violence

Summer Safety: When the Temperature Rises, So Does Risk

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June 22, 2026

Summer Safety: When the Temperature Rises, So Does Risk

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June 12, 2026

Why Proximate Notifications Are Your First Line of Defense

The research is clear that psychological safety shapes the quality of patient care. By eroding that safety, workplace violence doesn't just impact staff, it affects everyone in the building.

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June 4, 2026

The Impact of Workplace Violence on Psychological Safety

Why Psychological Safety Is a Patient Safety Strategy

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May 28, 2026

Why Psychological Safety Is a Patient Safety Strategy

From Reactive to Proactive: Building a Modern Healthcare Safety Strategy

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May 19, 2026

From Reactive to Proactive: Building a Modern Healthcare Safety Strategy

Canopy Employee Spotlight: Christina Thompson

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April 21, 2026

Canopy Employee Spotlight: Christina Thompson

Elevating the Standard: What The Joint Commission’s 2026 Goals Mean for Hospital Safety

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April 10, 2026

Elevating the Standard: What The Joint Commission’s 2026 Goals Mean for Hospital Safety

Healthcare Safety culture is often discussed in boardrooms, but it is truly lived and experienced at the bedside.

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April 7, 2026

Healthcare Leadership Accountability: Where Safety Culture Meets the Bedside

Dr. Ryan Oglesby, PhD, MHA, RN, CEN, CFRN, NEA-BC, 2025 National Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and this year's Past President, as a Clinical Strategy Director. He joins current Clinical Strategy Director Jeanne Venella, DNP, MS, CEN, CPEN, a nationally recognized expert in clinical operations and patient safety.

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April 2, 2026

Canopy Surpasses 350,000 Lives Protected; Expands Clinical Strategy Team to Accelerate Pre-Escalation Intervention

Workplace violence in healthcare does not usually explode in a single, isolated moment. Instead, it grows quietly in environments where threats, harassment, or physical assaults go unreported, unaddressed, or worst of all, normalized.

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March 19, 2026

When Healthcare Staff Don’t Report, Violence Wins, and Silence Kills

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March 12, 2026

The Invisible Crisis: New Canopy Report Reveals Heavy Toll of Healthcare Workplace Violence

For nursing leaders in pediatric settings, this presents a distinct challenge: ensuring staff safety while maintaining the family-centered care central to children's healthcare.

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February 26, 2026

Building Comprehensive Workplace Violence Programs in Children's Hospitals

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February 23, 2026

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In the high-stakes environment of healthcare, we often define success by the absence of an incident report.

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February 12, 2026

The Anatomy of a Near Miss in Healthcare

The modern healthcare system runs on data, but its foundation, the location services infrastructure, often feels stuck in the past.

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January 13, 2026

Strengthen Safety: Why Canopy’s LocationID Network is the Simplest Path to a Modern IoT Edge

Industry Veterans and Luminaries Join Round as Canopy Solidifies Position as the Healthcare Standard for Staff Safety and Location Intelligence

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January 8, 2026

Canopy Secures $22M Series B to Define the Standard for Connected Safety and Location Intelligence

truly sustain that foundational layer of safety, the most profound leap isn't just in the speed of the initial alert, but in the intelligence that follows

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December 16, 2025

The Future of Safety: Data with Heart

The Canopy Fall 2025 Product Release

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December 9, 2025

From Reactive to Proactive: The Canopy Fall 2025 Product Release is Here

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December 2, 2025

‍A Connected Safety Story: Building a Culture of Protection at University of Michigan Health Sparrow

Connecting Tech to Care with Canopy's Deployment Lead, Justin Kesto

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November 18, 2025

Canopy Employee Spotlight: Justin Kesto

When Violence Echoes: The True Cost of Silence in Healthcare

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November 14, 2025

When Violence Echoes: The True Cost of Silence in Healthcare

The Critical Role of Workplace Safety in Nurse Empowerment and the Patient Experience ‍By Jeanne J. Venella DNP, MS, CEN, CPEN

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November 6, 2025

The Critical Role of Workplace Safety in Nurse Empowerment and the Patient Experience

Building a Brighter Day: How Safety Tech is Healing Healthcare Burnout

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November 4, 2025

Building a Brighter Day: How Safety Tech is Healing Healthcare Burnout

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October 28, 2025

Maslow Meets the Emergency Department: Why Caregiver Safety is the Prerequisite for Healing

Canopy Employee Spotlight: Renae Smith

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October 24, 2025

Canopy Employee Spotlight: Renae Smith

Jason Fass, Canopy’s VP of Marketing, spoke with Authority Magazine on a critical discussion on minimizing medical burnout.

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October 22, 2025

Beyond the Pizza Party: Canopy’s Jason Fass on How to Minimize Medical Burnout.

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October 8, 2025

Canopy Works: The Safety Imperative, How Wearables Are Transforming Workplace Security at UMH Regional Health

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July 10, 2025

Canopy and Commure Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Staff Safety in Healthcare

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June 4, 2025

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May 30, 2025

4 Ways to Keep Home Healthcare Workers Safe

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April 29, 2025

Enhancing Healthcare Worker Safety: A Comprehensive Guide to Hospital Safety Measures

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April 22, 2025

The Hidden Cost of Workplace Violence

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March 17, 2025

Trauma-Informed Care: Preventing Workplace Violence through De-escalation

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January 8, 2025

Protecting Healthcare Workers Starts with Doing the Right Thing

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November 15, 2024

Shan Sinha talks with David E. Williams of HealthBiz

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October 17, 2024

Staff Safety is Key to Sustaining Home Health Growth

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October 16, 2024

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October 10, 2024

Canopy Recognized as a Technology Making An Important Positive Social Impact

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October 9, 2024

‘Like Another Layer of PPE’: Wearable Safety Technology is the Way of the Future

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October 9, 2024

In Emergencies, Second Matters: Canopy Can Help End Violence Against Healthcare Workers

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September 25, 2024

Canopy launches “Under the Canopy,” a video series featuring Shan Sinha, Canopy’s CEO, in conversation with health system leaders

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September 20, 2024

Shan Sinha discusses Canopy with Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

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July 8, 2024

Under the Canopy: A Conversation with Shan Sinha and Bharat Sundaram

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June 18, 2024

Canopy expands real-time wearable safety from hospitals to home health

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February 13, 2024

New data shows aggression and violence are issues for all hospital staff - 60% of reported threats happen outside the emergency department

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February 13, 2024

Canopy Data Report: Shedding light on violence against hospital staff in 2023

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December 12, 2023

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December 6, 2023

News: Healthcare Worker Safety Startup Canopy Brings 'Personal Panic Button' Out From White-Label Stealth

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December 6, 2023

Canopy, Creator of Leading Staff Safety Solution Already Protecting 200,000 U.S. Healthcare Workers, Exits Four Years of Stealth

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December 6, 2023

MedCity News: Canopy Emerges from Stealth Selling ‘a Wearable Panic Button’ for Healthcare Workers

Justin Green, VP of Product at Canopy, and R.L. Hughes, Director of Safety, Security & Sustainability, Beebe Healthcare

Webinars

September 30, 2026

The Champion's Playbook: How one security leader made the business case for staff safety

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Webinars

June 29, 2026

Building a workplace violence program for behavioral health units

Join Canopy’s CEO, Shan Sinha, and Verkada’s Global Head of Partnerships, Micah Deriso, for a strategic briefing on shifting from reactive security to a proactive safety asset.

Webinars

April 2, 2026

The 2026 Safety Imperative: A Leader's Guide to Securing Healthcare’s Future

Your teams face unique emotional and operational pressures that directly contribute to burnout and turnover. This session provides the clarity, tools, and real-world case studies you need to act. Join us to move beyond generic policies and master practical, pediatric-focused strategies with Melissa Jones (Director of Workplace Violence Prevention, Children's Health), Suzy Jaeger (Senior Vice President, Chief Patient Experience and Access Officer, Children's Hospital Colorado), and Meghan Drastal (MSN, MBA, RN, CPN, PCS Behavioral Health Manager, Clinical Excellence, Children's Hospital Los Angeles).

Webinars

January 7, 2026

Beyond the standard: safety built for pediatric care

panel discussion lead by nurse leader and Canopy Clinical Advisor, Jeanne Venella, and featuring University of Michigan Health Sparrow Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO), Chris Nemest, and Head of Hospital Security, Jerry Dumond

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October 28, 2025

The connected safety story:

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Case Studies

May 1, 2026

Customer Story: WellSpan Health

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April 17, 2026

Customer Story: Hawaiian Healthcare System

How a North England Regional Hospital Reclaimed Its Workplace Culture with Canopy

Case Studies

April 14, 2026

Customer Story: New England Regional Hospital

Learn how a massive healthcare system leveraged wearable technology and real-time analytics to protect 8,200+ employees

Case Studies

September 30, 2025

Customer Story: Southwest Healthcare System

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September 1, 2025

Customer Story: Northeast Healthcare System

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Case Studies

March 2, 2026

Customer Story: University of Michigan Health-Sparrow