These days it seems like more and more frequently we are hearing negative news about deathcare. At the beginning of the year, news broke of a Colorado Funeral Home abandoning hundreds of bodies in a building. In 2023 Harvard Medical School, which is currently the #1 Best Medical School for Research (ranked by U.S. News), was in the headlines when a man was charged with the theft and sale of human body parts from the medical school’s morgue. At a University with a reputation as prestigious as theirs, you would think an oversight this horrific wouldn’t get so far. It goes to show that there are inspection and regulation concerns that extend to all areas of deathcare.
There is an easy solution for funeral homes, crematories, and businesses that handle any aspect of body management – Halcyon. With Halcyon’s body tracking tool, staff utilize QR codes to track the movement of bodies under your care. At any point for any given decedent, Halcyon can generate a Cremation Tracking Report to provide verified details of any movement. The report includes details like the gps coordinates, the time, and the operator that facilitate the move. Implementing Halcyon’s state of the art body tracking tool with your deathcare business practices will give you and your families more confidence and peace of mind.
Sources:
NPR https://www.npr.org/2024/01/12/1224371053/colorado-funeral-home-bodies-maggots-fluids
Caitlin Doughty “Harvard’s in Trouble for Stealing Body Parts” https://youtu.be/bZbl2t4hATc?si=MIEotHiqFphR9UKs