The Only Wearable Non-Tracking Panic Button Built for Healthcare
Pinpoint provides instant, room-level duress signaling for hospitals, residential rehabs, behavioral health centers, and freestanding emergency departments. Our solution is a wearable panic button built specifically for healthcare environments, delivering immediate de-escalation and emergency response without invasive location tracking, helping staff quickly summon assistance during unpredictable and high-risk situations.
1M+
People protected daily
3,000+
Global locations protected
50+
Major healthcare systems
30+
Years in healthcare safety
The Rising Reality of Healthcare Workplace Violence
The rise of healthcare workplace violence is placing nurses, clinicians, and behavioral health staff in increasingly difficult and unpredictable situations. Aggression, threats, and physical harm are affecting staff safety, wellbeing, and retention across hospitals and care facilities. Many healthcare organizations are strengthening staff protection with a wearable panic button for healthcare staff, allowing workers to discreetly signal for help when incidents escalate, let’s back it up with numbers.
Healthcare workers today are operating under a dark cloud. Ambient Trauma is the silent weight carried by healthcare workers who live in constant fear of being the next victim of workplace violence. This constant state of hyper-vigilance leads to rapid burnout, moral injury, and high turnover. Pinpoint’s panic alarm restores agency by giving people immediate control in moments of danger, replacing helplessness with action, predictability, and institutional support, key factors in reducing trauma.
~82%
of nurses reported experiencing at least one type of workplace violence in the most recent year.
National Nurses United~45.5%
said workplace violence increased on their unit compared to the prior year.
National Nurses United~67%
reported anxiety, fear, or heightened vigilance because of violent incidents.
National Nurses UnitedPrevention Starts Before the Emergency
Responding to workplace violence and preventing it are two different things. Prevention starts earlier, by giving staff a simple way to ask for help before a situation becomes more serious.
For that to work, employees need to trust the system, feel comfortable using it, and know what will happen when they call for support. Clear steps for early help and emergency response make the system easier to adopt and more useful in real situations.
Initiates your de-escalation protocol Initiates your panic protocol Holds your ID cardAsk for Help Before It Becomes an Emergency
For when a situation begins to escalate but is not yet an emergency: agitation, pacing, raised voices or verbal aggression. A discreet request brings support early, without alarming the patient.
- Early warning signs
- Quiet request for backup
- Supports de-escalation protocols
For an immediate threat that needs an urgent response: physical assault, a weapon, or when staff cannot disengage. Responders get the exact room in milliseconds.
- Immediate threat or harm
- Urgent, room-level response
- Escalates to the full response team
Common Healthcare Panic Button Systems
Healthcare environments require safety technology that works instantly in high-risk situations. A healthcare panic button system must deliver reliable alerts and rapid response while supporting OSHA and Joint Commission-compliant workplace violence prevention strategies. With several panic button technologies available today, hospitals must evaluate differences in mobility, infrastructure, response speed, and staff adoption.
Some systems rely on fixed locations, while others use smartphones or real-time location tracking. Each approach offers different advantages depending on the care environment, operational needs, and infrastructure requirements.
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Fixed-Point Panic Button
- Device-based location only at fixed points
- Staff must reach the button to trigger an alert
- Hardwired reliability within limited coverage areas
- Minimal infrastructure, but limited flexibility
- No tracking capability outside installed locations
- Activation depends on proximity to device
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Smartphone Panic Button
- GPS, Wi-Fi, or cellular-based location (often unreliable indoors)
- Mobile device travels with the user
- Cloud-based system dependent on network availability
- Quick to deploy, but inconsistent in high-risk environments
- Relies on device battery, connectivity, and user access
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Wearable Non-Tracking Panic Button
- Shares exact room location only when an alert is triggered
- No continuous tracking, supporting staff privacy and trust
- Uses dedicated in-building infrastructure for consistent coverage
- Independent of Wi-Fi or cellular networks for reliable performance
- Immediate, one-touch activation through a wearable badge
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Wearable Continuous Tracking (RTLS) Panic Button
- Continuous real-time location tracking of staff
- Uses IR, BLE, UWB, or Wi-Fi technologies
- High precision, but requires complex infrastructure
- Ongoing system management and maintenance required
- May raise privacy concerns among staff
- Higher cost and operational overhead
Optional Add-Ons
The Pinpoint Wearable Panic Button is the foundation of every Pinpoint system. Patient Nurse Call and Patient Safety Check (Q15) are optional add-ons that run on the same infrastructure, so the wearable panic button must be installed first.
Wearable Panic Button
Staff summon help with one press. Room-level duress alerts reach responders without tracking where staff are, on hardwired infrastructure that does not depend on Wi-Fi.
Patient Nurse Call
Lets patients call for help from anywhere in the facility using the same Pinpoint infrastructure. Requires the wearable panic button system.
Patient Safety Check (Q15)
Documents patient observation rounds with a badge tap, on the same badge staff already wear for panic alerts. Requires the wearable panic button system.
From One Press to a Coordinated Response
See how Pinpoint connects healthcare staff to the right responders through a reliable, room-level alert system.
01 Trigger
Press for Help
Staff press the wearable badge to request de-escalation assistance or trigger an emergency alert.
02 Receive
Identify the Room
Installed infrared receivers detect the signal and identify the room where help is needed, without continuously tracking staff.
03 Alert
Notify Responders
The system sends the alert and room location through configured channels, including display panels, over-door lights, desktops, and mobile devices.
04 Respond
Send Assistance
Designated responders use the alert information to locate the staff member and provide assistance.
Works in All Care Settings
A modular design lets you deploy in a single unit or expand across floors, departments, or facilities, with the same reliability and response speed. Start small and scale as operations grow.
Pinpoint Is a True Set It and Forget It Safety Solution
Healthcare IT teams already manage complex systems, and adding tools that require constant maintenance only increases that burden. Pinpoint operates like a commercial fire alarm system that requires no daily upkeep once installed, running reliably in the background with minimal oversight. Because the infrastructure is fully deployed within the facility, hospitals own and control the entire system.
- 24 / 7Hours / week IT support
Zero IT Overhead
Operates like a commercial fire alarm system, always ready with no daily maintenance required.
- 7yrBattery life
5–7 Year Battery Life
No plugging in, no syncing, no patient disruptions. Designed for reliable continuous operation.
- 100%Network uptime
Hardwired Infrastructure
No dead zones or connectivity issues. Supervised technology independent of Wi-Fi or Bluetooth networks.
- <85msAlert delivery
Room-Level Precision
Identifies the exact room location across floors and buildings for faster emergency response.
Installed at2,706healthcare facilities, worldwide
Hospitals, behavioral health systems, residential programs and freestanding emergency departments rely on Pinpoint to protect the people who protect patients.
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The Pinpoint System has worked really well. Unlike the previous system, we’ve never had a single instance when it hasn’t raised the alarm. Absolutely no hiccups! Our staff finally feel perfectly safe.
Pinpoint is an integral part of our operational capability. With more than 12 years of perpetual use it has proved to be technology of the first order with very low error and fail rate.
I have seen an amazing change in staff perception of safety along with a corresponding decrease in staff injuries and aggressive incidents since using the Pinpoint System.
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Short answers to what facility leaders ask us most. Need more? We are glad to talk it through.
What makes Pinpoint’s wearable panic button different from other healthcare panic button systems?
Pinpoint is the only wearable non-tracking panic button built specifically for healthcare. Unlike fixed-point systems that require staff to reach a wall unit, or RTLS-based systems that monitor location 24/7, Pinpoint activates only when a staff member presses for help, delivering room-level accuracy without continuously tracking staff movement. It operates on hardwired infrastructure with no Wi-Fi or Bluetooth dependency, requires zero daily IT maintenance, and runs on a 5–7 year battery.
Does the Pinpoint panic button track staff location at all times?
No. Pinpoint is intentionally designed as a non-tracking system. Staff location is never monitored or recorded during normal operations. Location data is only activated the moment a staff member presses the button to call for help, and it is used solely to guide responders to the correct room.
Which healthcare settings is the Pinpoint wearable panic button compatible with?
Pinpoint is deployed across hospitals, behavioral health facilities, residential rehabilitation centers and freestanding emergency departments. Its modular design lets organizations start with a single unit and scale coverage across floors, buildings, or campuses over time.
How difficult is it to install and maintain the Pinpoint staff duress system?
Pinpoint is designed to be operationally invisible once installed. It functions like a commercial fire alarm system, with no daily maintenance required from IT or facilities teams. There are no devices to charge or sync, and the badge buttons carry a 5–7 year battery life.
Does Pinpoint help hospitals meet OSHA and Joint Commission workplace violence requirements?
Yes. Pinpoint’s wearable staff duress system supports compliance with OSHA’s workplace violence prevention recommendations and aligns with The Joint Commission’s workplace violence standards. The management portal provides auditable incident response records.
Is the wearable panic button system vulnerable to cybersecurity threats?
Pinpoint’s system is designed to minimize cybersecurity risks by operating independently of Wi-Fi and public networks. Because it uses a dedicated, hardwired infrastructure, it is not exposed to common network-based vulnerabilities.
Do you offer Patient Nurse Call or Q15 patient safety checks?
Yes, as optional add-ons. Pinpoint’s main solution is the wearable panic button. Patient Nurse Call and Patient Safety Check (Q15) build on that system, so the wearable panic button must be installed first. We do not offer them as standalone systems.
Stop the Burnout. Start the Healing.
When you remove the threat of violence and the anxiety of constant surveillance, the culture of your facility changes. Staff feel valued, protected, and empowered. By choosing Pinpoint, you are investing in more than just a panic button; you are investing in the mental health and longevity of your workforce.
Eliminate the ambient trauma. Replace fear with focus. Join the leading healthcare institutions that have chosen the only wearable non-tracking safety system that respects the privacy of those who give so much to others.
