Healthcare Readiness Support for Safer, Stronger Hospitals
We help hospitals strengthen workplace violence prevention, emergency management, public safety, security operations, and regulatory readiness before risk becomes harm, disruption, or survey findings.
Healthcare readiness is not built during the crisis.
DHRC helps organizations identify gaps, strengthen systems, and prepare teams before risk becomes harm, disruption, survey findings, or staff injury.
Who We Help
We help healthcare leaders strengthen the systems that protect staff, support patient care, and keep hospitals ready before crisis occurs.
Led by Michael W. Dunning, CHPA, CEM
Led by Healthcare Public Safety & Emergency Management Experience
DHRC is led by Michael W. Dunning, CHPA, CEM, a healthcare public safety and emergency management leader with more than 30 years of experience across health systems, hospital operations, contract security, consulting, and military service.
Key experience includes:
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Led public safety, emergency management, and workplace violence prevention programs supporting 100+ hospitals across 28 states.
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Oversaw healthcare security operations supporting 5,000+ facilities and 20,000 personnel across North America.
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Developed healthcare readiness strategies that reduced workplace violence incidents and emergency management survey findings.
DHRC was built to help healthcare organizations move beyond binders and build readiness systems that work in real conditions, with real staff, under real pressure.
What We Help You Do
Hospitals do not need more binders. They need practical systems that work under pressure.
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Identify gaps before survey or crisis
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Strengthen workplace violence prevention programs
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Design and Facilitate your HVA
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Align emergency management plans with real operations
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Build evidence and documentation for readiness
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Support leaders with practical, field-tested guidance
Why Trust Us
We bring real healthcare experience, practical tools, and field-tested guidance to help hospitals strengthen readiness before crisis occurs.
Our Core Services
Start with a focused readiness consultation. We will discuss your concern, identify the right starting point, and determine whether DHRC can help.
Short-Term Help
𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬? Not everyone needs a long term project. Some just need a little help every now and then with a project. We offer such help.
Send us a request from the bottom of this page and we can talk about what you need.
We cater to hospitals, health systems, other healthcare facilities, and state hospital associations
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 - $250-$500: Review one policy, procedure, or slide deck and provide written recommendations. Or we can guide you through your HVA.
𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐭 - $750-$1,500: Scenario, objectives, injects, facilitator guide, participant questions, and after-action template.
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 - $200-$300: One-hour call plus written summary with top risks and next steps.
𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫/𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 - $750 - $1,500: Live sessions regarding Emergency Preparedness, HVA completion, Workplace Violence Prevention or other custom topics for your programs. Tools and checklists provided.
Training Videos
Custom training videos can be created to help organizations deliver clear, practical, and engaging education on the issues that matter most. Whether the topic is workplace violence prevention, emergency preparedness, public safety, or regulatory readiness, each video can be tailored to your policies, environment, and staff needs. View the examples below to see how complex safety topics can be turned into focused, accessible training.
Sample Training Video: Active Shooter - Avoid, Deny, Defend
This sample demonstrates how serious safety topics can be presented in a clear, practical, and staff-focused format. Custom training videos can be developed for healthcare organizations based on their specific risks, policies, care environment, and workforce needs.
Sample Training Video: Workplace Violence Prevention
This 28-minute training supports healthcare organizations in delivering clear, practical workplace violence prevention education aligned with current accreditation, regulatory, and safety expectations. It condenses what is often a two-hour in-person presentation into a focused video format and can be customized with client-specific reporting procedures, contacts, and resources.
Would you like help with your training?
Publications
The Hello Doctrine explores how small moments of human connection can prevent bigger moments of conflict. Through practical lessons on presence, communication, and early intervention, this book offers a simple but powerful approach to creating safer, more respectful environments.
Available on Amazon. Click the book cover to purchase your copy.
Workplace Violence in Healthcare offers practical guidance for recognizing risk, preventing escalation, and strengthening safety in healthcare settings. Built for leaders and frontline teams, it focuses on early intervention, staff protection, and safer environments for care.
Available on Amazon. Click the book cover to purchase your copy.
Published Works: These books offer practical, field-tested guidance for building safer healthcare environments. Written for leaders, public safety professionals, and healthcare teams, they focus on prevention, early intervention, communication, and the daily behaviors that help protect both staff and patients.
What Our Clients Say
Supported and Understood
Lindsay Thompson
President/CEO, Texas Healthcare Trustees
VP of Education and Governance Programs, Texas Hospital Association Foundation
I had the pleasure of working with Mike on a few different programs where he presented on workplace violence prevention and emergency response. He was easily one of our highest-rated presenters, but what struck me most was the time he took after one session to sit down and speak with a member from a small rural hospital that had recently responded to a mass shooting.
Mike’s ability to provide practical takeaways and actionable next steps on difficult topics is exceptional. Equally impressive is the compassion and empathy he brings to these conversations, ensuring that audiences not only gain knowledge and skills, but also feel supported and understood.
