Four Ways to Create Safer, More Efficient Environments in Hospitals and Senior Living Communities

Discover four ways in which Securitas Healthcare's solutions help create safer, more efficient environments in Acute Care and Senior Living communities.

How can we secure the future for healthcare in hospitals and senior living communities?

That question points to the core of Securitas Healthcare’s mission: delivering leading healthcare technology for safety, security and efficiency that, combined with our deep expertise, helps you advance the art of care. We believe safety, security and efficiency are central goals for every hospital, health system, clinic and senior living community:

• Patient and resident safety through reliable emergency/nurse call and wander management capabilities, as well as access to pumps, beds and other assets essential to timely and effective care.
• Financial stability thanks to cost avoidance/reduction and greater day-to-day efficiency.
• Long-term viability and innovation through higher operational intelligence and data-driven decision making.

These aspects of safety, security and efficiency are interrelated and interdependent. Weave them together and you create a durable fabric for safeguarding patients/residents, staff and assets – all while putting your organization on the path to a secure future

Secure your future and see a different world with these four pillars

As we collaborate with healthcare and senior living communities, Securitas Healthcare recommends a focus on four pillars: Real-time visibility. Enterprise technology. Data and insights. Interoperability.

Real-time visibility

Whether safeguarding infants and children, senior living residents or your staff, you need to be able to see location and movement.

If you’re monitoring environmental conditions – in an operating room, inside a med fridge or as part of your dining services operation – you need real-time visibility and notifications of out-of-range temps or humidity levels.

Similarly, when you can see equipment location and status, you can access what you need, when and where you need it for patient care. Asset visibility can also help prevent shrinkage and the associated cost burdens.

Wireless tags – linked to a real-time location system (RTLS) platform – make all this possible.

Enterprise technology

The IT network has become mission critical for every healthcare organization. As such, you’ve invested in network security and management capabilities at the enterprise level.

From infant protection and emergency call to wander management and fall detection, every security system should be powered by – and benefit from – your enterprise infrastructure.

Data and insights

Real-time visibility empowers caregivers to deliver better care. It also enables extensive data capture – information that you can transform into operational intelligence. Where do you see opportunities to improve staff workflow? Where could you enhance the speed and/or transparency of patient experience? In a senior living setting, how can you ensure that you’re delivering the right level of services to each resident (and charging the right amount for that support)? Having insights to help answer questions like these is invaluable in securing your organization’s future.

Interoperability

The healthcare industry is working hard to increase interoperability across clinical systems – and integration is equally important in the security realm. Today it’s possible to have a single enterprise platform that can support multiple security applications.

In hospitals, that includes infant protection, staff duress, asset management, inventory management, environmental monitoring and more. In senior living, that includes emergency call, fall detection and wander management.

These applications should be working together – supported by your enterprise technology backbone – to help you achieve greater visibility, generate practical insights, and continually improve safety, security, and sustainability across your operations.

Why Securitas Healthcare?

Securitas Healthcare, part of Securitas, empowers caregivers to deliver connected, productive, and safe care. Our innovative portfolio of healthcare solutions helps over 15,000 hospitals, clinics and senior living organizations worldwide protect people, use assets efficiently and understand their operations for a caring and healing environment.