Technology Roundtable: Emergency Duress for Hospitals

Always a challenging problem, workplace violence in healthcare settings grew substantially over the continuing course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many different stresses of the pandemic – mask mandates, limited visitation and lack of staff to name a few – pushed staff, managers, patients, and family members to the breaking point. This avalanche of stressors forced many hospitals to re-visit their preparedness and response protocols for workplace violence.

One such protocol is mobile and fixed emergency duress systems. This exclusive technology roundtable sponsored by Inovonics takes a closer look at these technologies, including benefits, installation tips and more from the experts who are deploying them.

The panel includes:

• Johnathan Hasserd, VP of Sales and Marketing for Colorado-based integrator Beacon Communications
• Amy Jeffs, VP of Atlanta-based Status Solutions, a provider of situational awareness technologies
• J.T. McNutt, Director of Technology and Operations for Bluepoint Alert Solutions, a provider of a proprietary Rapid Emergency Response Systems (RERS)
• Craig Dever, VP of Sales and Marketing for sponsor manufacturer Inovonics