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Waiting is unacceptable for patients and visitors
Monday, October 10, 2016 by Andrew Jones
Visitor management solutions add security and minimize wait times. We have all experienced having to wait a long time in a doctor’s office. That experience is compounded when the situation is an emergency. It is easy to find stories online about this problem. Just last month, a man died while waiting for treatment in a Connecticut hospital. Yet, while reducing wait times for patients is a serious challenge for hospitals, they also have to pay attention, as part of the overall ...
Tips for Better School Emergency Operations Plans
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 by Paul Kazlauskas
Families expect schools to keep their children safe, be they from human-created threats (violence, crime) or naturally-occurring dangers (natural disasters, disease outbreaks). Lessons learned from past school emergencies highlight the importance of preparing school officials and first responders to implement emergency operations plans. By having those security plans in place to keep students and staff safe, schools play a key role in responding appropriately to an emergency and reducing ...
How to prevent theft sooner than later
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 by Andrew Jones
Identifying visitors is a better — and quicker — deterrent than you may think, so you may not need a committee to decide on this kind of security solution. Do you remember “The Junior Mint” episode of the television series “Seinfeld”? Part of the story involved the character “Kramer” wandering the halls of a hospital in search of thin rubber gloves that he could wear while staining the wood in his apartment. He found the kind of ...
How nonchalant security protocols can cost your facility
Friday, September 2, 2016 by Paul Kazlauskas
How do security managers make decisions? What influences their evaluation process to recommend a certain activity, create a policy, or implement a security product? The safety of employees is a major care-about. The ability to protect other facility assets (trade secrets, computers, servers, etc.) definitely weighs on their minds. Privacy and confidentiality are hot-button topics that cause security managers to think critically. However, one of the biggest influences on security ...
Following up on procedures is as important as the procedures themselves
Friday, August 19, 2016 by Paul Kazlauskas
Has this ever happened to you? As a Security Manager, you’ve created security protocols to protect your employees and company assets. You’ve spent many hours on these policies to make sure your organization has done its due diligence to reduce risk and liability. You’ve consulted with the legal team or outside authorities to make sure your security protocols are solid. You’ve held company-wide training on the new policies. You’ve even trained the individuals ...
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