Healthcare Security Annual Update (2027 Edition)

About this course

Rules and guidance for hospital security keep changing, and the skills officers use least are the ones that fade fastest. This yearly update gives working hospital security officers, leads and supervisors two things: the confirmed changes from 2024 to 2026 that affect an officer on shift, and a refresher on the high-risk rules you must get right every time.

You will review what changed with the Joint Commission goals, CMS surveyor guidance, new state hospital security laws, the CISA bomb threat checklist, the 2025 CPR guidelines and the IAHSS active shooter guideline. Then you will check your authority and documentation, patient rights during restraint, privacy and EMTALA, workplace violence reporting, and emergency response. A case review lab walks through ten calls from last year.

About 2 hours, self-paced: 5 lessons with practice quizzes, a case review lab, and a final of 20 questions drawn from 50 (80 percent to pass, 3 attempts). You earn a certificate of completion for the 2027 Edition.

Knowledge only. This course does not replace employer training, use-of-force, restraint or weapons qualification, a BLS card or a state security officer license where one is required. It is not legal advice. Follow your hospital's policy and your state's law.