As the pandemic stretches, we’re in that strange transition phase when you’re weighing how and when to resume business operations, responsibly. These are unfamiliar times and solutions are far from clear — particularly for those of us who care deeply about the safety and well-being of our staff, customers and communities. How do you resume…
It’s tough to overstate the magnitude of stress, risks and obstacles hindering healthcare workers today. As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, healthcare organizations have no choice but to get creative, make the most of dwindling resources, and find ways to ease pressures on staff without sacrificing patient care and safety. In this post, we’ll focus on…
The coronavirus outbreak has forced all of us to make the most of dwindling resources and find new ways to do business, engage staff and customers remotely. As one famed entrepreneur put it, how organizations treat internal and external audiences during this crisis can shape their reputation and market performance for decades. In the immediate…
We’re just days into the COVID-19 pandemic, scrambling to adapt as threats grow and government mandates change daily. At times like this, we hope our emergency plans are adequate to keep our people, customers, profits and market reputation intact. As one 19th-century military commander put it, “no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.”…
Violence against healthcare workers is epidemic and vastly underreported, reports Modern Healthcare, following a slew of similar reports by the American Hospital Association, OSHA, CDC and other governing bodies. “Daily, literally daily, we’re exposed to violent outbursts, in particular in our emergency rooms,” said Dr. Tom Mihaljevic, president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, in an…
Alyssa’s Law, which requires schools to have silent panic alarms installed and linked to local law enforcement, is now on the books in New Jersey, and is pending in New York and Florida. Federal legislation could take it nationwide. What is Alyssa’s law and how does it involve emergency mass notification technology? Named for Parkland…
As school budgets shrink and safety risks rise, keeping students, staff and visitors safe is a BIG job — one that often exceeds the time, funding and skill sets you have available. Understandably, reading up on emergency management advice often highlights how far you still have to go, and the gaps you can’t do much…
Integrating mass communication technologies for better, faster response. What happens when you have only moments to react and disseminate critical, emergency instructions to protect people and property under your care? And how do you reach multiple audiences instantly, bypassing distractions or communications barriers, with minimal delay or chance of human error? Robert Iocona — Chief…
In a survey by Campus Safety magazine, 57% of protection professionals said they plan to deploy new or upgraded emergency notification solutions in 2019–2020. It’s the highest demand compared to the magazine’s last two notification surveys, conducted in 2014 and 2017. Survey responders included more than 500 protection professionals at institutions of higher education, K-12,…
(News Release) Layered Solutions, an Indianapolis-based provider of integrated daily and emergency communications software solutions, announced the availability of Visual Campus at no additional cost with various modules of its interface. Visual Campus enables safety and security leaders to view potential threats and suspicious activities across their entire campus from a single dashboard, and deploy…