Strategies for Building an Effective Staff Safety Program in Your Hospital
The webinar presents practical, data-driven strategies and innovative RTLS solutions, including a live demo of CenTrak's staff duress application, to help hospitals enhance staff safety amid workforce shortages and violence, while ensuring compliance with Joint Commission Standards through trend analysis and effective violence prevention programs.
Amid unprecedented staff shortages and workplace violence in healthcare, creating a safe environment for your employees is more critical than ever before. Doing more with less feels insurmountable when staff show up for a shift wondering if this is the day they will be attacked. It is time for radical change—change that doesn’t require a full infrastructure overhaul and that staff can easily get behind without impacting their daily routine.
In this webinar, you'll:
- Gain valuable insights into the current legal landscape and discover best practices for implementing data-driven strategies to enhance staff safety.
- Explore innovative RTLS solutions that leverage BLE network infrastructure for seamless, rapid deployments. This cost-effective option caters to facilities of all sizes, whether inpatient or outpatient, ensuring adaptability and ease of implementation.
- See a live demo of CenTrak's staff duress application, showcasing its real-time alerts, event location mapping, and comprehensive reporting capabilities.
- Deepen your understanding of how to meet Joint Commission Standards with visibility into trends, patterns, and the ongoing effectiveness of your violence prevention programs.
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