$18B+
Annual cost of workplace violence to US hospitals
$3.6B/yr on prevention alone; the rest is injury care, lost productivity, and equipment.
AHA, June 2025
Protection and peace of mind for the healthcare frontline.
Parkway gives frontline care workers a record they control when something goes wrong, backed by a HIPAA-native platform that keeps that footage private and secure. Built for the ER, psych ward, and home + community care.
For health systems and care facilities exploring a pilot.
Incident recordED · Bay 7
Nurse-activated capture
One-touch · 4:12 recorded
AI-drafted incident report
First draft ready for nurse review
Clinical context tagged
Psych · high acuity · night shift
Chain of custody
Tamper-evident · HIPAA-grade
The problem
Clinical staff safety risk is at an all-time high.
Two healthcare workers are assaulted every hour in US hospitals; the frontline staff in the ER, the psych unit, home and community care, and the elderly-care facility have almost no protective technology built for them. Every incident hurts the worker, creates legal complexity, and comes with a cost — on budgets, on staffing, and the morale of the people doing the on-the-ground work.
$60–61K
Cost to replace a single departing RN
National RN turnover is 17.6% and rising — each 1% swing is ~$295K/yr per hospital.
NSI Retention & RN Staffing Report 2025–26
$300K+
Average litigation claim
78% of hospitals with cameras used footage to settle disputes; 22% used it in court.
IAHSS Foundation, 2024
~50%
Of nonfatal workplace-violence injuries land on healthcare workers
Healthcare is ~10% of the US workforce but absorbs nearly half of these injuries.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The platform
Lightweight, clinician-activated video capture and storage.
Lightweight, easy-to-use body cameras clinical staff can activate at will. Recorded and stored in a HIPAA-compliant format — secure evidence, AI-drafted reports, and the data that clinical leaders and legal teams need to keep their staff safe.
Deterrence
A visible, nurse-activated camera changes patient and visitor behavior before an incident escalates.
Litigation defense
Authenticated footage resolves he-said/she-said disputes and counters frivolous claims — admissible in court.
Family transparency
In facility settings, families can request footage of a specific care interaction. The worker sees every request and controls what is shared. Footage is never released to families without the worker in the loop.
Aggregate risk patterns
Incident tagging by unit, acuity, shift, and staffing surfaces aggregate, de-identified risk patterns, so organizations can fix unsafe conditions without monitoring individual workers.
AI documentation
Automated report drafting from footage and context cuts hours of post-incident paperwork per nurse per month.
Courtroom-ready evidence
Chain-of-custody architecture produces footage admissible as evidence to protect nurses and institutional interests.
A one-time cost for the camera, plus a simple per-seat software subscription.See pricing →
Product in action
See how the evidence workflow looks from ingest to review.
The test environment shows the same core experience the product is built around: sealed shifts, reviewed incidents, and controlled release paths that preserve chain-of-custody and privacy.
Incident review
Supervisors open a restricted record and move through footage, the AI first-draft report, and the full chain of custody — every tab logged.
Shift timeline
The timeline view shows the full sealed shift, detected markers, and a scrub-ready proxy that loads on demand — writing a view entry to the access log.
Family release workflow
Authorized release requests stay inside a controlled, two-signature workflow so families can see the right clip without loosening evidence controls.
How it’s built
Lightweight devices for safety; everything behind it for peace of mind.
Layer 1 — In hand
The camera
- Lightweight, front-screen, one-touch activation — inactive until a nurse turns it on, so staff stay in control and privacy concerns are answered by design.
- Tamper-evident, time-stamped, encrypted footage that holds up as evidence.
- Designed to disappear into a shift — comfortable to wear and simple enough to learn in minutes.
Layer 2 — Behind it
The evidence & intelligence platform
- HIPAA-native architecture: chain of custody, role-based access, automated redaction, PHI-grade retention — built for clinical settings, not criminal discovery.
- Clinical context tagging links footage to unit, acuity, shift, and staffing state — turning video into structured risk-management data.
- AI-generated first-draft reports, nurse-reviewed before submission. Human-in-the-loop by design.
Who it’s for
Built for anyone that visibility protects.
For clinical staff
Your witness, your protection.
One-touch activation under the nurse's control — never management watching you. Plus AI-drafted reports that hand hours of post-incident paperwork back to the floor.
For clinical & financial leaders
Retention, protection, and clear data.
Fewer incidents, fewer claims, and staff who feel protected enough to stay — backed by structured risk data tagged by unit, acuity, and shift.
For families
Transparency in elderly care.
In facility settings, families can request footage of a specific care interaction. The worker sees every request and controls what is shared.
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