Webinar: Why Preventing Workplace Violence Should Be Your No. 1 Focus and How to Do It

2022 was the worst year on record for workplace violence in healthcare. Protecting clinicians and staff isn’t only a critical measure for personal safety — it’s one of the most impactful ways to recruit top talent, retain them for the long-term and equip them to deliver better care outcomes than ever before.

Healthcare executives can course-correct this alarming trend once and for all through simple, yet powerful preventative actions.

Join leading industry experts, retired health system executives and fierce staff safety advocates to learn evidence-based tips and strategies for mitigating workplace violence and driving exceptional organization-wide outcomes.

Webinar participants will hear from former health system executives and dedicated staff safety experts to learn:

• The underlying and stark correlation between workplace violence and healthcare’s mounting staffing crisis
• Why violence prevention leads to better outcomes across the healthcare workforce, including driving powerful clinical, operational and financial results
• Evidence-based best practices and strategies for tackling the workplace violence crisis head-on for effective mitigation and a dramatic ROI

Erin Jaynes 
CNO Strategic Advisor
Commure Strongline 

Former SVP/ System CNO
SSM Health

Erin Jaynes has more than 35 years of advanced clinical experience. She previously served as the SVP/ System CNO for SSM Health — a 23 hospital system headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri — with oversight of hospitals across Missouri, Wisconsin, Oklahoma and Illinois, in addition to oversight of patient experience, employee safety, education and the patient placement center development. Prior to SSM, Erin served as the SVP/System CNO for Franciscan Alliance, a Catholic healthcare system serving Indiana and parts of Illinois, where she oversaw nursing across 14 hospitals, the physician practice network, as well as hospice and home care durable medical equipment.

Ronald Paulus, MD
Strategic Advisor
Commure Strongline 

Former CEO
Mission Health

Ronald Paulus, MD, is immediate past president and CEO of Mission Health, which closed a transformative transaction with HCA Healthcare in early 2019. Before joining Mission Health, Dr. Paulus served both as chief administrative officer and chief innovation officer for Geisinger Health System. Prior to that, he was co-founder, president and later CEO of CareScience, Inc. (a NASDAQ company), later acquired by Premier, Inc. Dr. Paulus currently serves as President and CEO of RAPMD Strategic Advisors and an Executive in Residence with General Catalyst. He also serves on numerous boards (Karius, Ossium Health and PathAI).

Howard Grant, MD
Strategic Advisor
Commure Strongline

Retired CEO
Lahey Clinic and Health System

Howard Grant, JD, MD retired at the end of 2018 as the President and CEO of Lahey Clinic and Health System outside of Boston upon its successful merger into the new Beth Israel Lahey Health System. Previously Dr. Grant served as the EVP and CMO of Geisinger Health System. He has also held leadership roles at Temple University Health System and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (where he trained in pediatrics and served in administrative roles). He currently serves as a senior strategic advisor to the Thomas Jefferson University Health System CEO on philanthropy and innovation initiatives.

Justin Green
Commure Strongline Founder & Strategic Advisor
Commure Strongline

Justin co-founded Strongline (now Commure Strongline) in 2017 and continues to support the business as a valuable strategic advisor, while dually supporting the larger health ecosystem as a passionate advocate for workplace safety in healthcare. Focusing his entrepreneurial expertise within the healthcare industry, Justin excels in listening to stakeholders and synthesizing feedback into meaningful action to improve staff safety at scale.  

Commure Strongline reimagines the hospital panic button as a discreet wearable badge that protects the healthcare workforce. With Commure Strongline, keeping your staff safe is an investment in keeping your top talent engaged, high-performing, and retained for the long-term.