Solving the Challenges of Communications, Connectivity and Security in Long-Term Care Environments
Nursing Homes ● Skilled Nursing Facilities
Our rapidly changing world has placed pressing demands for solutions that enable long-term care facilities to both protect residents and their property, as well as keep all parties — staff, residents, family members and the medical personnel — connected. The global pandemic has amplified this situation and presented new challenges of how long-term care communities must reconfigure their facilities to safeguard the health and safety of all residents.
KTS is here to help. We offer the following solutions, specifically designed to help long-term care facilities keep residents safe and connected:
Cohorting Solutions
- Portable walls quickly set up — and easily removed — to establish separate spaces for patient care, testing and triage. Walls can be compactly stored for future use.
- Wireless access and connectivity solutions that provide reliable communications, enabling patient care and providing access to electronic medical records. Read more on wireless access points.
- Mobile medical workstations for healthcare workers and administrative staff that enable them to readily care for sick residents.
Communications and Connectivity
Communications and connectivity are essential to address and improve the current challenges faced by long-term care facilities.
- Collaboration rooms enhance patient care, as doctors can readily communicate with the facility in a HIPAA compliant environment. Collaboration rooms also offer the ability to improve resident communications with loved ones in the event of visitors not being able to enter the facility.
- Reliable cell coverage and wireless access points enable staff to communicate with one another, with doctors and with families, and allow loved ones and residents to stay in touch.
Air Quality Management
- We offer state-of-the-art infection control solutions, which effectively manage indoor air quality by providing continuous air disinfection that reduces the viral load to less infectious levels.
KTS Healthcare Certifications:
- HIPAA certified
- Trained in Infection Control Procedures; KTS has invested in its own containment cubes
- Hilti fire stop certified; certified to teach fire stopping by STI
- State certification for public healthcare facilities (e.g., state hospitals)
Read our Hillsborough County Nursing Home case study for details on how we established reliable cell coverage.
Safety and Security
KTS offers the following safety and security systems that help keep residents and long-term care facilities safe and protected during the pandemic and beyond:
- Security cameras and closed-circuit TVs offer surveillance capabilities, enabling facilities to protect both residents and their property.
- Mass notification and paging systems aid in patient safety during an emergency.
- Access control solutions provide facilities control over who has access to specific areas within the facility.
- Patient wandering protection systems enable caregivers to monitor the location of residents who are at risk of wandering due to memory impairment conditions.
KTS has over 35 years of experience working with leading healthcare organizations – contact us.
When it comes to installing security solutions, KTS provides highly trained professionals who are cabling and wiring experts combined with the best-in-class security technologies. Read more…
Overview of How KTS Helps Long-Term Care Facilities
Assisted Living Communities
Like long-term care facilities, assisted living communities face many of the same communications challenges. Today, senior care organizations are challenged with reconfiguring their communities to ensure they offer a safe environment for residents, staff and visitors, as well as reliable wireless communications so they can stay connected with loved ones. The solutions outlined above can be implemented in assisted living communities as well.
Practical Solutions
for Long-Term Care
KTS has the expertise and experience to help long-term care facilities assess, evaluate and integrate solutions for everything from cohorting to communications infrastructure, to meet your needs and budget.
KTS Is Your
Full Lifecycle Partner
Long-term care clients benefit the most from KTS’ expertise when we are involved early in the process.
Partial List of Healthcare Facility Clients
- Lahey Health System
- Hallmark Health
- Cambridge Health Alliance
- Hillsborough County Nursing Home
Why KTS?
- PROVEN. Leading hospitals and patient care organizations throughout Greater Boston have counted on KTS for more than 35 years for its expertise and consultative approach.
- RELIABLE. We forge partnerships with our clients so you can count on us to do what we say, when we say we will.
- QUALITY. We’re professionals providing superior customer service and quality workmanship. Work is done on time and with no trace left behind.
- HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS. We’re experienced in hospital/patient care settings (HIPAA compliant), trained in infectious disease protocols, BICSI-certified RCDD (Registered Communications Distribution Designers) and BICSI-certified technicians. Everyone is CORI background checked.
- BEST-IN-CLASS SOLUTIONS. We partner with best-in-class technology and solution providers to ensure we meet your needs and budget.
Contact us to discover why so many healthcare and senior care organizations count on KTS.
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