Experience & Approach
Practical Healthcare Readiness Built From Real Operational Experience
Dunning Healthcare Readiness Consulting was created to help healthcare organizations strengthen the systems that protect staff, patients, visitors, and operations. The work is grounded in real healthcare public safety, emergency management, workplace violence prevention, and regulatory readiness experience, not generic consulting templates.
Why DHRC Exists
Hospitals do not need more binders, unused plans, or recommendations that look good but fail in daily operations. They need practical readiness systems that reflect how healthcare actually works: limited resources, complex patient needs, regulatory pressure, workplace violence risk, emergency events, and staff who need clear guidance before things go wrong.
About Mike
Michael W. Dunning, CHPA, CEM, has led healthcare public safety, security, emergency management, workplace violence prevention, and regulatory readiness efforts across complex hospital and health system environments. His background includes executive healthcare security leadership, emergency management program oversight, incident command support, regulatory readiness, workplace violence prevention, training development, and public safety operations.
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Led enterprise public safety, security, emergency management, and workplace violence prevention programs supporting 100+ hospitals across 28 states.
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Oversaw healthcare security operations supporting more than 5,000 facilities and 20,000 personnel across North America.
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Developed readiness strategies that contributed to a 20% reduction in workplace violence incidents and a 90% decrease in emergency management survey findings.
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Helped grow a national healthcare security portfolio from approximately $77 million to nearly $1 billion in annual revenue.
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Transformed a Level I Trauma Center safety and security program, reducing workplace injuries by 75%, turnover to less than 2%, and operational costs by 60%.
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Speaker on workplace violence prevention, de-escalation, emergency preparedness, and healthcare public safety leadership.
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Authored The Hello Doctrine and Workplace Violence in Healthcare, with a focus on prevention, communication, staff safety, and practical healthcare readiness.
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Recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “10 Chief Security Officers to Know” (2025).
