Case Study: CentraCare Health improves home health nurse safety and recruitment with AlertMedia's SafeSignal

Uses safesignal lone worker monitoring solution to keep home health care workers safe

CentraCare Health, a not-for-profit health system serving nearly 700,000 people in Central Minnesota across six hospitals, senior living facilities and numerous clinics, faced significant safety risks for its home health nurses who work alone in patients’ homes and unfamiliar neighborhoods (IAHSS research notes as many as 61% of home care nurses experience workplace violence). To address these vulnerabilities, CentraCare Health turned to AlertMedia and its SafeSignal lone‑worker monitoring solution.

AlertMedia deployed SafeSignal — a 24/7 mobile lone‑worker app paired with an expert monitoring center and a zero‑button emergency trigger that can dispatch law enforcement to a nurse’s precise location. Roughly 125 CentraCare employees now use SafeSignal, which has improved rapid response operations, increased nurse confidence and safety, and strengthened CentraCare Health’s recruitment and retention by positioning the organization as an employer of choice.

CentraCare Health

Kristen Husen

Home Care & Hospice Director