Nikhil Kothary, Founder & CEO of VAMS Global
We are in the midst of the third wave and the numbers are shooting up. In the last 24 hours, 2.64 lakh new cases were reported in India and the first fortnight of 2022 has seen close to 17 crore new cases globally. Omicron cases are expected to rise in the next few days given the variant’s higher transmission rates.
But there is good news
Vaccinations have allayed fears in the country over the last six months and will continue to fulfill their purpose. As of January 14, 157 crore vaccines were reported to have been administered in India and an average of 84 lakhs were being administered per day over the last 2 weeks of the third wave.
Third wave agenda: Aarogya Setu & CoWIN checks
To practice caution, many workplaces are at half capacity, with employees coming in only on certain days of the week. Workforces are either alternating between work-fromhome and work-from-office or completely transitioning to remote work for a temporary period.
Employers naturally will have to stay aware of the people coming to and from their workplaces. Health status is such an important piece of information going forward. Cross-checking governmental databases for RT-PCR test results and vaccination statuses can always help. Employers might want to request their employees/ visitors for this information and perhaps enforce rules to ensure that the people passing through their doors are, at the very least, double-dosed.
To this purpose, vaccination status apps and web portals like Aarogya Setu and CoWIN can assist employers in their bid to create a safe environment. How can they do this? Human resources departments can organize one process by which this information can be seamlessly offered by employees and visitors.
This best practice would be to have a Co-WIN and Aarogya Setu integrated workflow management system.
Letting the right people in, not keeping the wrong people out
A workflow management system simplifies the entry process for all visitors/ employees in the workplace and it also simplifies the administrative functions of workplace managers and human resources.
It can be a lot of things at one time.
- It can be a data collection process that ethically stores names, in-times, out-times, and purposes of the visitors.
- It can be a security-related process that integrates with access control technology like biometrics, turnstiles, facial recognition scanners, and more.
- It can be a workplace experience management process that helps visitors make appointments.
- And it can be a health check process that can integrate with Aarogya Setu and CoWIN apps to ensure the favorable health status of visitors and employees coming in.
An integrated workflow management system does not discriminate against the ‘wrong people.’ It is a software that helps the right people come in, the people who are healthy – your industrious employees, managers, clients, maintenance staff, and contractors.
It gives you the opportunity, as human resources heads and workplace managers, to objectively assess and manage the flow of people in the workplace. It allows no health-related discrepancies and betters the workplace experience for everyone who is involved in contributing to the company.
Every door is an opportunity for you to show your employees and visitors that you care about more than just what they can give you, as they come into the workplace. With an workflow management system integrated with CoWIN and Aarogya Setu like VAMS, you show that you care about the optimal conditions for their health.
