Apr 26, 2021 | home health care, Homepage, safety, violence at work
At around 1 a.m., a home hospice worker had just pronounced her patient deceased. The patient’s husband, who had been drinking, was holding a large knife and screaming as he approached the worker. What did she do- read more…
Apr 26, 2021 | home health care, Homepage, safety, violence at work
The utilities and energy industries have strong safety cultures and pride themselves on promoting and supporting safety in their organization. Yet, despite remarkable gains in workplace safety, there are still an alarming number of fatal and non-fatal injuries on the...
Jun 15, 2020 | home health care, Homepage, safety, violence at work
Give employees the tools & training to avoid workplace violence One of the greatest limits on growth in the home health and hospice sector is the labor shortages that make it difficult to recruit and retain qualified nurses and home health workers. Registered...
May 1, 2020 | home health care, Homepage, safety, violence at work
NAHC Report September 27, 2018 Workplace Violence and Reducing Turnover of Home Health Employees A special to NAHC Report by Louis C. Kirby, MD One of the two most significant limitations on growth in the home health and hospice sector is labor shortages – recruiting...
Mar 5, 2019 | rehab, safety, substance abuse recovery
House of Hope, a leader in the treatment and support of those with substance abuse and co-occurring mental health conditions, successfully implements AlertGPS safety technology platform for their clients. Click here to see how the House of Hope and their thoughtful...
Feb 19, 2019 | Homepage, rehab, safety, substance abuse recovery
By Louis C. Kirby, MD Re-entering the community and staying sober following inpatient rehabilitation for substance abuse is difficult. This stage of the recovery process “marks the beginning of a new state of risk related to continuing biobehavioral vulnerability and...
Apr 30, 2018 | home health care, IoT, violence at work
On Saturday was World Day for Safety and Health at Work. But “at work” doesn’t just mean workers in brick and mortar buildings. More and more workers are mobile. By 2020, the mobile worker population in the U.S. is projected to hit 105.4 million, representing 72.3% of...
Mar 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
A worker is considered “working alone”, when they are the only worker present at a worksite, cannot be seen or heard by another worker, and/or where assistance is not readily available in the event of an injury, threat or illness. Keep in mind, even when multiple...
Mar 14, 2018 | home health care, IoT
Over 45,000 Health IT professionals, clinicians and executives from around the world gathered in Vegas last week for the 2018 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition to solve some of our biggest health information and technology challenges – all at one time, all in one...
Mar 2, 2018 | violence at work
In a quiet suburb outside of Atlanta, on a balmy August day in 2014 that seemed exactly like any other, a telecommunication worker paused on a residential street. This worker saw a person approaching his company vehicle, which was still in drive. He kept his foot on...
