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 accreditation risks.
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 hospitals, health systems, behavioral health organizations, rehabilitation hospitals, and state hospital associations 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 Mike Dunning, 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.
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 and articles 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.
