Vulnerability assessments can help a hospital or healthcare system identify key improvement areas within a Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention (WVPI) program. When performing any assessment, it’s important to have clear benchmarks to evaluate against. In other words, an assessment should help identify needs and gaps in a program or process based on prevailing standardization or regulatory considerations. For WVPI, the three following areas should be included as part of a vulnerability assessment for WVPI in healthcare.