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Protecting Healthcare Workers From Violence
Healthcare workers are four times more likely to experience workplace violence than employees in other industries. Recent surveys show nearly half of nurses have seen an increase in violent incidents over the past year, amplifying the urgency for hospitals to implement proactive security solutions.
Enhancing Healthcare Security: A Holistic Approach to Safety and Patient Experience
Introduction In today’s dynamic healthcare landscape, healthcare security plays a vital role in enhancing the overall patient experience, ensuring safety and peace of mind for patients and families. In our podcast episode, Craig Crosby, Vice President of Public Safety for Baylor Scott and White Health, sheds light on how effective security can transform the patient journey.
Don’t Be the Weakest Link in Facial Recognition: The Crucial Role of Image Quality
Facial recognition has become ubiquitous — powering our everyday life from smartphone authentication to airport security checks. Yet, despite its technological promise, the saying “a system is only as strong as its weakest link” rings especially true when discussing facial recognition. In these systems, image quality often proves to be the weakest link — critically impacting overall facial recognition system performance.
Why Adding Biometrics to Employee Time Clocks Makes a Lot of “Cents”
For decades, companies have relied on manual timesheets and punch cards to track employee hours. This system, while familiar, is riddled with risk at the hands of humans — from buddy punching to calculation errors. In today’s digital world, businesses have access to significantly stronger methods of ensuring accurate, efficient timekeeping while eliminating the headaches associated with time theft.
From Securing Substances to Patient Records: How Biometrics Protect Healthcare Access
In today’s increasingly digital healthcare landscape, security has never been more crucial. Protecting sensitive assets, whether patient records or controlled substances, is critical for maintaining the integrity of healthcare operations and ensuring patient safety. Traditional security methods, such as passwords and employee ID cards, can be easily forgotten, lost or stolen, making them insufficient to combat evolving threats and meet the demands of modern healthcare.
Enhancing HIPAA Compliance With Biometrics: A Guide for Healthcare Providers
Protecting patient data is crucial in the healthcare industry, and not just for the patient’s sake. Healthcare providers are legally and ethically obligated to safeguard patient information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets stringent standards for safeguarding sensitive patient information. Non-compliance can result in severe financial penalties and damage to an organization's reputation.
How Facial Recognition Simplifies Patient Check-in for Healthcare
In the bustling environments of hospitals and other healthcare providers, the check-in process serves as a crucial entry point to patient care. However, traditional check-in methods can be slow and prone to errors, leading to longer wait times and administrative burdens. Such inefficiencies not only impact patient satisfaction but also hinder timely treatments. With growing demand straining healthcare resources, optimizing the patient check-in process emerges as an urgent necessity.
How Biometrics Help Prevent Medical and Insurance Fraud
Healthcare fraud is a pervasive issue that impacts healthcare providers, insurance companies and people in need of care, leading to billions of dollars in financial losses each year. Medical identity theft and insurance fraud can result in false diagnoses, unnecessary treatments and inflated costs, all of which undermine the integrity of the healthcare system. At the core of healthcare fraud lies the pressing issue of patient identity, demanding a robust and reliable identity assurance solution.
10 Reasons to Prescribe Facial Recognition in Healthcare for Patient Identification
Biometric innovation brings incredible advancements to the healthcare domain — not only to boost patient service levels but most importantly to boost patient care and safety. Moving from manual processes around patient identification for check-in, form intake, treatment and check-out to instead relying on a progressive, automated patient engagement platform with AI-powered facial recognition technology can literally make a life-or-death difference when it comes to patient care.
How Facial Recognition Boosts the Patient Experience and Drives Good Vitals Across Healthcare Organizations
There’s no room for identity mistakes in healthcare. Not only can patient misidentification become a fatal flaw (when the wrong records tied to the wrong patient lead to the wrong medicines/procedures being administered/performed), but inaccuracies can really drag down a patient’s experience and the overall health of a practice. Workflow efficiencies suffer, the quality of patient care is degraded, and the pace of insurance claim payouts are hindered.
Defending the Unknown: New Approaches to Cybersecurity Asset Management
The digital transformation has impacted the ability of security teams to detect and prevent cyber-attacks. The increased use of the hybrid cloud for enterprise workloads, SaaS applications and unmanaged endpoints has resulted in significant technology sprawl. To protect our environment, we first need to know what we must protect.
City to work with CapMetro on financing new Broadmoor and McKalla Place rail stations as development boom looms
The city of Austin will work with Capital Metro to look into public financing options to help fund new MetroRail stations at the new Austin FC soccer stadium at McKalla Place and at the Broadmoor Campus in North Austin. (Amy Denney/Community Impact Newspaper) The city of Austin will work with Capital Metro to look into public financing options to help fund new MetroRail stations at the new Austin FC soccer stadium at McKalla Place and at the Broadmoor Campus in North Austin.
Rainey Street fund rises from ashes to preserve Mexican-American heritage in booming district
Austin's Rainey Street District has become one of the most popular entertainment districts in the city. (Christopher Neely/Community Impact Newspaper) Austin's Rainey Street District has become one of the most popular entertainment districts in the city.
City Council green lights $8 million Rodeway Inn plan for homeless shelter transition, vows to address crime in the area
The city of Austin authorized the purchase of a Rodeway Inn at 2711 2711 S I. 35 on Nov. 14. The city plans to convert the property into a homeless shelter. Olivia Aldridge/Community Impact Newspaper The city of Austin authorized the purchase of a Rodeway Inn at 2711 2711 S I. 35 on Nov. 14. The city plans to convert the property into a homeless shelter.
Land development code rewrite heads to City Council for final approval, marking home stretch of nearly 7-year process
Community members examine updated zoning maps at land development code town hall in October. (Christopher Neely/Community Impact Newspaper) Community members examine updated zoning maps at land development code town hall in October.
Austin Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, says she will not seek reelection as Travis County Attorney rumors heat up
Delia Garza speaks to her constituents at a town hall meeting in 2017. (Christopher Neely/Community Impact Newspaper) Delia Garza speaks to her constituents at a town hall meeting in 2017. (Christopher Neely/Community Impact Newspaper) Delia Garza, Austin City Council’s first Latina mayor pro tem, said she will not seek reelection to her District 2 seat in 2020.
Austin no longer pursuing homeless shelter off Ben White with pivot to hotel purchase
Austin City Council Members Ann Kitchen (from left), Kathie Tovo, Greg Casar and Mayor Steve Adler answered questions over the summer regarding homelessness ordinances and the then-planned South Austin homeless shelter off Ben White Boulevard.
A $14 million campaign and 300-bed shelter: Austin’s private sector leads new coalition to address homelessness
Austin Chamber of Commerce board chair Brian Cassidy (right) announced the launch of ATX Helps Nov. 7 alongside (from right) Downtown Austin Alliance CEO Dewitt Peart, Leah Hargrave, a deacon at Mosaic Church and Chris Turnley, chairman of the Austin Bridge Builders Alliance. CHRISTOPHER NEELY/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER Austin Chamber of Commerce board chair Brian Cassidy (right) announced the launch of ATX Helps Nov.
Governor Greg Abbott announces plan for state-sanctioned homeless encampment off US 183 near Montopolis
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a plan for a state-sanctioned homeless encampment in Southeast Austin on Nov. 7. COURTESY LAURA BUCKMAN FOR THE TEXAS TRIBUNE Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a plan for a state-sanctioned homeless encampment in Southeast Austin on Nov. 7. COURTESY LAURA BUCKMAN FOR THE TEXAS TRIBUNE In the same week that state agencies began clearing homeless encampments under Austin’s highways, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Nov.
‘We cannot exist like this in a primary election.’ Travis County Clerk says voter behavior, state law need to change ahead of 2020
Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir and deputy clerk Ronald Morgan, met with reporters Nov. 6 to explain the issues that left the Nov. 5 elections undecided until 3:40 a.m. the following morning. Christopher Neely/Community Impact Newspaper Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir and deputy clerk Ronald Morgan, met with reporters Nov. 6 to explain the issues that left the Nov. 5 elections undecided until 3:40 a.m. the following morning.
Austin's Historic Landmark Commission approves 35 demolitions with no discussion | Community Impact Newspaper
With only seven members present, just enough to hold a quorum, the Historic Landmark Commission approved the release of demolition permits for 35 questionably historic structures throughout the city without any discussion Monday night. In only seven of the 35 cases was demolition the first recommendation by the city Historic Preservation Office.
Austin city officials lay out timeline and expectations for CodeNEXT adoption | Community Impact Newspaper
During a special called City Council meeting Wednesday, city of Austin staff introduced a timeline for the implementation of CodeNEXT, the city’s planned overhaul of its land development code. Wednesday’s joint meeting between Austin City Council, city staff and the Citizens Advisory Group was also attended by chairs of the Planning Commission and Zoning and Platting Commission. If all goes according to the timeline, the public will have a tangible first draft of the code by Jan.
Alison Alter will be first name on ballot District 10 runoff election against Council Member Sheri Gallo | Community Impact Newspaper
Alison Alter will be the first name on the ballot when she faces incumbent Sheri Gallo in the Dec. 13 District 10 City Council runoff election. Alter was chosen in an official random drawing of names in the City Council’s chambers Wednesday morning. A runoff election is mandated when no candidate in a race receives 50 percent or more of the popular vote. The top two vote-getters in the race are then entered into a runoff election at a later date.
Mayor Steve Adler lists ongoing challenges—and victories—in Austin's fight against homelessness | Community Impact Newspaper
Mayor Steve Adler addressed the city’s continued fight against homelessness at a forum held today. The event was hosted at St. David’s Episcopal Church by the nonprofit organization Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, or ECHO, and the Downtown Austin Alliance, an association tasked with managing the downtown improvement district.
Without historic designation, this Old West Austin property on Palma Plaza will be demolished | Community Impact Newspaper
The property at 1618 Palma Plaza will not be designated as historic after the Austin City Council on Thursday voted down a resolution, clearing the path for a demolition of the property’s historic four-plex structure. The council’s 8-3 vote against the rezone followed a failure by the city’s Historic Landmark Commission, or HLC, to render a final and procedurally adequate—by some council members’ standards—decision on the property’s fate in October.
Austin City Council vote paves way for 300-unit apartment complex along City Park Road | Community Impact Newspaper
Although area residents cited environmental and safety concerns over developing a tract at the corner of City Park Road and RR 2222, Austin City Council approved a zoning variance Nov. 10 that paves the way for the construction of a 300-unit apartment complex on the property known as Champions Tract 3. The variance changed the land-use zoning from general office use to multi-family residence, moderate-high density use.
Election Day brings patriotic buzz to The University of Texas campus | Community Impact Newspaper
The University of Texas campus was mostly full of patriotic pride Tuesday as the typically busy campus of more than 50,000 students received an added jolt for Election Day. Students joined Travis County residents in choosing from a robust ballot that included a historic presidential race, several congressional and state legislature seats, five Austin City Council seats and a $720 million mobility bond proposal. Of the 149 polling places in Travis County, two were located on the Austin campus.
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