Staffing has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges for provider systems dealing with the global COVID-19 crisis.

Healthcare systems are desperately increasing staffing capacity to gird for the expected tidal wave of patients suffering from COVID-19. They need doctors, nurses, and other support staff trained to care for acutely ill patients within the proper infectious control guidelines.

As the volume of patients seeking medical attention increases during these challenging times, correct patient data is more important than ever. Ensuring positive patient identification and helping healthcare organizations maintain an optimal check-in process, Imprivata PatientSecure captures valuable data about when and by whom patients were checked in to the hospital or healthcare organization. This data could prove to be very important in the coming weeks and months.

A crisis often brings out the best of the best. We’re seeing that now in the healthcare community, where many of our colleagues are truly rising to the occasion. We are all pulling together and doing everything we can to address the surge of COVID-19 patients. In disaster scenarios like a pandemic, by definition, demands outweigh resources. So, what do we do?