Under surveillance: is it time to reexamine your facility's security model.

The many different security models in place in health facilities across the country--including 'campus police,' off-duty officers, proprietary programs, contract security, and combined proprietary and contract security--will come under increased scrutiny by JCAHO in the event of an internal or external disaster situation. In this article, the author addresses the need for reevaluating current security models so that they can be defended as reasonable and appropriate should a future incident or litigation call them into question.