A sampling of mission statements from healthcare facilities across the United States typically brings out some of the following phrases:

“... to provide competent, innovative, and accessible emergency and acute services for residents across the county.”

“... to provide quality health services and facilities for the community.”

“... to provide superior health care leading to the best possible outcome of every patient.”

Certainly, there’s nothing wrong with any of the sentiments in the above statements. In fact, it’s hard to imagine a healthcare facility that wouldn’t have the health and safety of their patients, residents, staff, and the community as a whole, as the primary focus.

This does lead to one question: Are healthcare facilities putting enough energy into ensuring their own employees are safe and relatively stress free?

Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals put their own interests on the line each day to serve patients and residents in need. How can healthcare organizations protect their most valuable asset?

Dangerous Patients Put Hospitals at Risk

Healthcare providers are under a constant cloud of safety concern, as patients from all layers of life enter their doors. Some are sick, some are agitated, and some may battle mental health issues.

Ultimately, providing staff members and visitors with an instant, location-based alert system is becoming increasingly important. When staff members are in danger, how can they send a quick, safe warning signal?

Through ZulaFly’s platform, real-time notifications and alerts can be received via your preferred method of communication, allowing designated recipients to react quickly. All designated users see the notifications whether using a browser-based system or mobile app, with unlimited escalations.

Minimizing Stress in Healthcare Organizations

With physical safety being the primary goal for facilities, Real-Time Locating Systems an also keep healthcare staff members’ sanity at a safe level as well. PAR (Periodic Automatic Replacement) level management is just one example of this.

Keeping clean storage closets and empty rooms stocked and organized is often a tedious project in healthcare facilities. In a fast-paced environment, remaining appropriately stocked is easier said than done, especially in high-traffic areas.

How can you best systemize rooms and closets in the midst of the chaos? What are some strategies that allow you and your team to use these for what they were designed to do best?

In the healthcare industry, there are certain levels of inventory that are on hand at all times. This especially goes for items such as monitors and infusion pumps. Running too lean on this type of equipment can create inconvenient workflow clogs, and in extreme cases, cause harm to a patient or resident and inevitable stress for the healthcare provider.

Establishing PAR levels is a practical way to keep inventory levels under control by utilizing a Real-time Locating System to notify staff when clean supply closets are not fully stocked, or when dirty supply closets are full and equipment needs to be cleaned. Furthermore, understanding historical PAR levels will help identify trends so that you can be more prepared moving forward.

A dependable RTLS solution is not just a valuable proposition for healthcare patients and residents, but it places staff members in position to do their best work on a daily basis. How else does RTLS enhance healthcare facilities?