Cognosos, a leading provider of AI-enabled, real-time asset location solutions, has officially announced the launch of Cognosos Protect, which is a solution designed to safeguard healthcare staff from increasing instances of workplace violence. To understand the significance of such a development, we must acknowledge that, according to a recently-concluded research, more than 40% of healthcare workers were exposed to workplace violence in just the last two years. Now, talk about how the all-new Cognosos Protect can solve this grave problem, the answer would include a discreet, wearable staff duress button that, upon activation, makes it possible for hospital authorities to locate employees who are wearing the badge in real-time. This is applicable for everyone, no matter whether they are moving within a facility, outside in pathways or in a parking lot, or garage. Enhancing its prospects further, though, is the device’s easy-to-use framework where you are not really required to go through rigorous training before being able to properly leverage the solution. There is also a self-test feature in play to give workers peace-of-mind before they start their shift or enter an area where they are concerned about safety. Next up, we must get into Cognosos Protect’s quick way to do things. You see, leveraging a network specifically made for low latency, the solution ensures an optimal level of pace when it comes to different operations. Not just that, it also guides you in such a way that one can easily avoid potential network bottlenecks. Anyway, more on the same is going to reveal how the solution’s lightweight infrastructure also, to a great degree, simplifies deployment. This, in turn, does a lot to reduce time to ROI. Alongside quickness, Cognosos Protect also promises to be accurate. Backed with patented LocationAI technology, the solution generates enhanced location confidence at implementation, while simultaneously providing accurate location over time as it continues to learn the environment.
“Prolonged exposure to workplace violence puts employees at greater risk of developing mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression and burnout–which negatively impacts worker productivity and increases turnover,” said Braxton Jarratt, CEO of Cognosos. “Empowering hospitals with a campus-wide security solution is the first step toward fostering a culture of safety. From the time staff park and until they leave, Cognosos Protect helps hospitals protect the physical and mental wellbeing of employees regardless of their location at work.”
Among other details, the Cognosos Protect solution puts on the offer a full incident management suite that integrates seamlessly with existing code, security and communication systems. This suite, notably enough, offers forensic reporting supported with historical event insights to let hospitals continuously improve response times and process efficiency. As they scale up operations in house, the stated hospitals can also strengthen compliance efforts with external regulatory agency standards.
“Traditional staff duress solutions come with inefficient and slow-to-install infrastructure, as well as hefty price tags,” said Jarratt. “Cognosos Protect’s lightweight infrastructure allows hospitals to quickly reap the rewards of reducing workplace violence without undergoing lengthy installation projects that put patient rooms and hallways out of order and staff at risk.”
