Success Stories

Keeping healthcare staff safe and connected: Covenant Health's journey with AlertGPS

Aware360 — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:48:48 GMT

Business needs

Covenant Health, a non-profit home healthcare and hospice organization, required a comprehensive and cost-efficient safety solution to protect employees working in uncontrolled environments. The solution needed to mitigate potential hazards, enable almost immediate dispatch of emergency services to the employee’s location, foster a sense of increased safety and confidence among employees, and allow the organization near real-time visibility when an incident occurs.

Covenant Health is part of a 9-hospital system that shares security personnel resources. With an annual volume of 7,000 admissions, those resources were insufficient to adequately address the volume of safety requests.

Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Covenant Health providers had the ability to collaborate directly with local law enforcement before entering difficult environments. However, in the wake of increased emergencies following COVID-19, local resources have become strained and law enforcement cannot provide the same level of support. Covenant Health recognized the need to address this issue due to the increased demand for assistance and limited available security resources.

Business value

Covenant Health’s rollout of Aware360’s AlertGPS safety solution resulted in improved worker safety, streamlined communication and organizational awareness during emergency events, and significant operational and budgetary benefits. Gina Hollenbeck, Director of HomeCare and Hospice said, "Our biggest expense in home healthcare is our people and their time. When we can be more efficient, it has a big impact for us in lots of ways, including financially. It’s also a deficit for our competitors in this market right now because our people, who may be considering exploring the job market, see that they don’t offer similar safety procedures.”

Covenant’s healthcare professionals enjoy enhanced safety and security in the field and the confidence of knowing that their organization cares for them, leaving them free to focus on Covenant's patient-first mission.

Case study: How Aware360 found a place in HWN Energy’s Safety Culture

Aware360 — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:59:52 GMT

About HWN Energy

HWN Energy LTD. is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations concentrated in Central and Northern Alberta. The company is actively expanding through the development of its current asset base and the potential acquisition of additional properties in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

The HWN team has extensive experience, having evaluated and completed hundreds of oil and gas transactions across multiple basins throughout their careers, both as operators and investors.

Case study: STARS align with Aware360 to ensure critical care anywhere

Aware360 — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:34:01 GMT

About STARS

Since the very first mission in 1985, providing critical care, anywhere has been STARS' mission – the guiding light in everything they do. The origins of STARS trace back to a tragic event when a pregnant woman from a rural community died from blood loss, leaving behind a grieving father and a newborn child. The founders of STARS saw this death as preventable and were determined that no one should go without the critical care needed to save their life, regardless of their location. This motivation led to the creation of STARS, a helicopter air ambulance service supported by the community. Over the years, STARS has evolved from a single helicopter into a network of highly skilled professionals providing critical care in the air, on the ground, and virtually.

Case study: How Ember Resources puts people first with SafetyAware

Aware360 — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:12:49 GMT

About Ember Resources

Keeping healthcare workers connected on the go: The Alex's story

Aware360 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:32:37 GMT

About The Alex

The Alex is a comprehensive health care provider that has been operating in Calgary since 1973. They offer both clinical and social components in almost all of their programs, which include a large community health center complete with pharmacy, lab and wellness programming, a youth health center, seniors health center, mobile health and dental care buses, a series of housing programs, and a community food center.

The Alex is staffed by hundreds of personnel, and hundreds more volunteers and donors dedicated to offering high-quality care to vulnerable Calgarians. At The Alex, whole health is the goal – and you can’t be healthy if you are hungry, isolated, or experiencing mental health struggles. The Alex serves a community that often experiences barriers to care. They work with those they support on their journey from poverty to stability and from crisis to wellness.

Keeping lone and at-risk workers in the field safe: Stories from Crescent Point Energy

Aware360 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:22:49 GMT

About Crescent Point Energy

Crescent Point Energy is one of Canada’s largest light and medium oil producers, with resources in the Williston Basin in Southwest Saskatchewan and the Uinta Basin in Utah. Recently, the company grew its drilling inventory by approximately 1,000 net locations. Managing such an operation requires hundreds of people who often work alone.

Health and safety advisors at Crescent Point had little visibility into lone employees’ safety. Each worker was required to check in by phone in the morning and at the end of the day, but monitoring during the shift itself was informal and irregular. Most importantly, if someone missed a check-in, supervisors had no insight into why, or even where the worker was. Approximately 650 employees in the U.S. and Canada were identified as being at-risk, including operations personnel who check wells or work in gas plants, maintenance personnel, engineers, and environmental workers.

A lifeline for frontline heroes: A story from Calgary Dream Centre

Aware360 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 14:51:53 GMT

About Calgary Dream Centre

The Calgary Dream Centre is a recovery organization, built on the most selfless dream that someday, the City of Calgary will not need them anymore. With 49 owned properties and 12 case workers, they have helped guide men and women caught in cycles of homelessness and addiction into lives of purpose since 2003. Their mission is to help people restore their dignity and discover their destiny through core values of mercy, compassion, and respect. They demonstrate these values every day as they engage with the people in our programs; supporting them as they take steps towards recovery and a new life.

These are more than just buzzwords; when asked what they love about their jobs, Hermina, Austin, and Mark shared the following:

Driving safety forward across a diverse workforce: A North Star Ford story

Aware360 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 14:23:27 GMT

About North Star Ford

North Star Ford Calgary is passionately committed to ensuring that their customers spend as many minutes as possible with the keys in their hands, allowing them to live their lives to the fullest. As a leading automotive dealership in Alberta, North Star Ford offers a comprehensive range of products and services tailored to meet the needs of their diverse customer base.

With five dealerships strategically located across the region, North Star Ford provides an extensive selection of high-quality new Ford vehicles and pre-owned cars. Their dedication to customer satisfaction extends beyond sales, encompassing trusted Ford repair and auto parts and flexible auto financing solutions designed to facilitate the purchase of the car of their customers' dreams.

In addition to their standard services, North Star Ford proudly offers 24/7 support to the oil sands operations in Northern Alberta, ensuring the continuous maintenance and reliability of the fleet vehicles used by operators in the area. Their unwavering commitment to excellence and reliability ensures that customers and their vehicles are always ready to tackle any challenge they may face.