Author: jennyslaughter

Originally posted on Technical.ly by Sarah Huffman. Christopher Young is excited about the company’s unique tech and ready to continue helping people through ROAR’s wearable product. Christopher Young has always loved tech, but couldn’t find opportunities in his early career that fulfilled his goal of helping people. The first time he felt like he was…

In this YouTube podcast of Finding Contentment, host Will Heckman and special guest Yasmine Mustafa talk about workplace safety and stress. Harassment and assaults against staff are rising. How workers feel impacts their performance, wellness, and liability risk. Same for an organization’s attraction, retention, and productivity of employees. People feeling stress about safety in the…

The hospitality industry is ripe for technological advances. Since the industry is labor-intensive, technology can help automate many of the industry’s jobs. In addition, technology can help mitigate many safety hazards in the hospitality industry. For example, restaurants can use gas detectors to alert them of gas leaks, and hotels can use security cameras to…

The hospitality industry has its fair share of visitors, with guests and employees in the building 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Compared to other sectors, hospitality employees can be more vulnerable than other team members working in different industries. In hotels, for instance, housekeepers primarily work alone, putting them at risk for…

Seemingly the whole travel technology industry descended on Orlando this week for the 50th annual Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference, or HITEC. After wandering through roughly 350 exhibitors, interviewing newsmakers and sitting in on panel sessions, here are some issues people raised that may be less appreciated than they need to be. They are…

ROAR, a market leader in workplace panic button solutions for hotel and healthcare workers, has enlisted Best Buy’s Geek Squad® to increase their field service footprint, improve installation efficiency, and support turnaround time at medium-to-large-scale properties. ROAR recognized the need for improved safety and protection, at a time when the hospitality industry faces a surge…

Originally posted on Campus Safety Magazine. In conjunction with implementing best safety practices and staff training, wearable panic buttons can improve nurse safety. Healthcare workers may be providing an essential service to communities across the globe, but that doesn’t make them immune to workplace violence. In fact, their direct contact with the patients puts them…

Any hotel employee who works alone and without access to immediate assistance in cases of emergency can become a victim,” said Philip Farina, vice president of corporate loss control and loss prevention at Aimbridge Hospitality. He has seen offenses of all kinds, ranging from verbal harassment and suggestive comments to groping and physical assaults. “Hotels…

Originally posted in MedCity News by Emma Bardin. One company is addressing violence against healthcare workers with a panic button, which has been deployed in the psychiatric and addiction services units at the Behavioral Wellness Center in Philadelphia. Healthcare workers, especially in psychiatric and drug addiction units, can face potential violence from patients during the…

Originally posted on Technical.ly March 7, 2022, written by Paige Gross. After a three-month pilot with the Behavioral Wellness Center (BeWell), an addiction treatment center in North Philadelphia, ROAR for Good is officially entering the healthcare industry with its personal safety device technology, AlwaysOn. The expansion into the new vertical has been on CEO and cofounder Yasmine Mustafa’s mind for some…