Healthcare security applications - Case studies
The Cathedral contains many treasured items and a surveillance system is needed Background The Cathedral of Andria, in the Puglia Region of Southern Italy, is a priceless artistic and historic treasure, for which a CCTV video-surveillance system was requested. Dating from approximately the 12th century, the Cathedral contains a famed precious relic, “The Holy Thorn”, believed to be one of the thorns from the Crown of Thorns forced on the head of Christ b...
BAM installs ASSA ABLOY Cleanroom doors as well as fire-rated Cleanroom screens ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, part of ASSA ABLOY has supplied and installed its high performance cleanroom doors throughout one of the largest Biotech manufacturing sites in the world. The Dublin-based facility manufactures, tests and develops medicines for patients worldwide and demands an environment that meets the stringent requirements of cleanrooms, as well as the sensitive nature of its work....
VideoIQ's HD cameras are equipped with almost seven times the resolution of a standard camera It’s normally associated with catching “bad guys” in the act, but video surveillance is becoming more than that. New video technology is improving the care and safety of patients, visitors and staff in Alberta Health Services health facilities. The new technology is iCVR high-definition cameras – intelligent surveillance cameras with built-in video recording....
Employees access the key control system by scanning their employee ID badge / access card The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati uses a KeyWatcher® key control and management system by Morse Watchmans to safeguard the keys to the District's vans, bulldozers, cranes, service trucks and cars, and make the keys available to authorized employees whenever they are needed. Six 48-key KeyWatcher cabinets store about 180 keys used by the district's 150 employees to...
800 Identicom devices, face-to-face training of over 800 staff will be rolled as per the contract Reliance High-Tech has announced a three-year contract with South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust to provide its market leading lone worker protection, Reliance Protect, to a wide range of lone working healthcare staff. The all-inclusive contract encompasses the roll out of 800 Identicom™ devices, network connection, face-to-face training of over 800 staff, 24/7 monitoring, ma...
With multiple hospital sites, thousands of medical staff and numerous employees, healthcare organizations have a strong need for access control, information management and facility management systems. Within the last decade, a heightened awareness of patient privacy, medical records (HIPAA in the US) and controlled access has necessitated a complete re-evaluation of facility management.Health care industry leaders turn to HID to enhance facility security by controlling access to secure areas lik...
Background – ensuring that hospitals are safeThe Treviglio Hospital Trust was formed in January 1998 and comprises four hospitals inLombardy, Italy: the Treviglio-Caravaggio hospital in Treviglio, the ‘S.S. Trinità’ hospital in Romano, the ‘F.M. Passi’ hospital in Calcinate and the ‘Ospedale Civile’ in San Giovanni Bianco (BG). In addition to these hospitals, all of which have an inpatient department, there are seven outpatient units that provide...
CustomerValley Health is a non-profit organization that provides health care throughout Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. With its headquarters in Winchester, Va., Valley Health now operates six hospitals: Winchester Medical Center, Warren Memorial Hospital, Shenandoah Memorial Hospital, Page Memorial Hospital, Hampshire Memorial Hospital and War Memorial Hospital. In 2010, Valley Health admitted 31,000 inpatients, swiftly handled more than 112,000 emergency room visits and totaled more than...
The Whitegate Health Centre, a new NHS Primary Care Centre located in Blackpool, Lancashire, was opened to the public in September 2009. Eric Wright Construction was the primary building contractor responsible for the project and its Facilities Management division was selected to manage all aspects of the buildings security and general maintenance. The Primary Care Centre was built as part of a wider NHS initiative to bring non emergency / surgical health services such as x-ray, physiotherapy,...
Established in 1923, Solheim Lutheran Home in Los Angeles is a non-profit nursing home that provides assisted living for seniors. Solheim Lutheran Home spans over two and one half acres and is home to residents from all walks of life, from former teachers to a World War II fighter pilot.Solheim Lutheran Home is a busy place. Licensed charge nurses are on duty 24/7 here and look after nearly 200 residents. They required a surveillance camera to help keep an eye on the residents. They had several...
Healthcare Challenges and Wireless Solutions In no other industry are the implications of connectivity clearer than in healthcare. Patient histories, medication information, recent research, test results - each of these components brings a critical piece to holistic patient care. Yet increasingly there is a diverse staff of medical professionals specializing in each of these areas, whose advice must be culled to best diagnose and treat the patient. In addition, the condition of the patient and...
IntroductionCHU Annonay is a public hospital in Annonay based in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Founded in 1686, this large hospital has over 1500 staff and caters for nearly 500 patients with a range of different needs; it also includes a nursing school.The BriefOver the last few years, the hospital has carried out a gradual program of upgrading its security and access control. As part of the upgrade, the hospital wished to retain its existing locks and cylinders in order to reduce rep...
Kent-based installation company NT Security has implemented door controllers from Access Control Technology (ACT) at the King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. NT Security were able to offer the trust a role-based solution by creating a relationship between an individual's job profile and their privileges in terms of moving around the hospital. The approach was open and transparent since it used existing third-party readers already on site. The ACT controllers also met a vital...
The Medical Center deployed around 300 IQeye HD megapixel cameras IQinVision, market leader in high-performance HD megapixel IP cameras, recently announced The Nebraska Medical Center, located in Omaha, has deployed nearly 300 IQeye HD megapixel cameras to ensure patient safety, upgrade medical care, and reduce staffing costs. When The Nebraska Medical Center wanted to streamline its operations and improve care for at-risk patients, IQinVision HD megapixel cameras and Milesto...
ievo fingerprint access control pods improves efficiency within the gyms in terms of ease of use and quick access With a focus on keeping costs low, but maintaining a high spec gym, Lifestyle Fitness has invested in ievo® fingerprint access-control pods across the UK to improve the efficiency within their gyms. The highly successful fitness chain has 5 sites within the UK with the new access control system already installed, with 3 more scheduled in the near future....
IndigoVision’s new system developed with partner Deininger Eletronik replaces aging analog equipment One of Europe’s most modern health clinics, in Kork Southern Germany, has commissioned IndigoVision to incorporate the latest surveillance technology into its medical diagnosis system to aid in the diagnosis and evaluation of high dependency patients. The new system was jointly developed by IndigoVision’s authorized partner Deininger Elektronik GmbH and the Ce...
Mobotix’s Q24 and D14 cameras secure Valley Health’s interior hallways and intersections MOBOTIX Corp., an industry-leading provider of high-resolution, network-based security solutions, recently announced that Valley Health, a non-profit health care group in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, has deployed more than 100 MOBOTIX cameras across four of its six hospitals and now operates at least one of each type of MOBOTIX camera. Valley Health chose the MOBOT...
The interface is completely integrated with the parking management and access control systems Elkerliek Hospital staff want to offer the best care possible. They work with modern medical equipment and are constantly updating their knowledge; the buildings and premises conform to the current zeitgeist. In sum, Elkerliek does whatever it can to provide its patients with the most progressive treatment available. Centralised security An important aspect of ensuring quality and...
TKH Security Solutions supplied complete iProtect Security Management System Diakonessenhuis Utrecht occupied a proud first place in the hospital top hundred for 2008. It is a progressive hospital with three locations in the Netherlands: Utrecht, Zeist, and Doorn. It has 627 beds, admits over 24,000 patients a year, and provides outpatient clinics that are visited by almost 370,000 patients a year. Diakonessenhuis employs 2640 people, including 150 specialists. Since the quali...
The iCVR high-definition cameras feature built-in video recording It’s normally associated with catching “bad guys” in the act, but video surveillance is becoming more than that. New video technology is improving the care and safety of patients, visitors, and staff in Alberta Health Services health facilities. The new technology is iCVR high-definition cameras – intelligent surveillance cameras with built-in video recording. They cover nea...
The community team’s main aim is to support patients throughout their illness St. Luke’s Hospice, a Sheffield based charity caring for adults with incurable diseases, has adopted the market leading lone worker security device, Identicom, to protect its community nurses when working alone. St. Luke’s Hospice has chosen Connexion2’s fully managed SoloProtect solution, which incorporates Connexion2’s award-winning Identicom, supported with a range of...
MOBOTIX AG, a leading manufacturer of complete high-resolution IP video systems have released details of a successful project at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust creating the largest MOBOTIX all digital, hi-res CCTV system within any NHS facility to help protect over a million people.The solution designed and implemented by Check Your Security Ltd (CYS), a MOBOTIX Advanced Partner, replaces an aging analog system and is part of a highly integrated platform including, barrier ent...
When the security team at Palmetto Health Baptist, an acute care Medical Center in Columbia, S.C., invested in an upgrade to their surveillance cameras from black-and-white to color, they did so with the expectation that it would significantly improve the quality of video they were capturing. Unfortunately, this turned out to be the equivalent of putting new paint and tires on a car that really needs a new engine. In the hospital's case, the new cameras only made it more evident that...
The Arecont Vision megapixel IP cameras provide better overall coverage with higher resolution Ensuring that all activity and incidents are captured on video with detailed high resolution clarity, Merck Pharmaceutical S.A. De. C.V. has installed an Arecont Vision megapixel technology solution at their new facility in Mexico. Located around the perimeter of the building, Arecont Vision’s 5 megapixel day/night cameras produce superior images in both daytime and evening li...
Ziekenhuis Amstelland is a general hospital in the Netherlands that provides high quality medical care in a friendly environment and on a small scale, primarily to the residents of the Amstelveen region and to the Jewish community in particular. Following a large-scale new construction project that took place in 2009-2010, and with a major renovation of the old building during 2011, Amstelveen Hospital has transformed itself into a brand new hospital. In conjunction with this comprehensive proje...
The access control system at Campus Malle started life in 2000 as a relatively modest installation, covering 24 doors in a single building. Today, it has grown into a system that covers over 400 doors in nine buildings on the multi-hectare Zoersel site, and 54 doors in a building on a separate site 15 km away. After further extensions planned for 2012 have been completed, the installation will expand even further, to 700 doors. The current system is also directly linked to the Emmaus human resou...
Introduction Unitec New Zealand is a major tertiary education provider that offers postgraduate and degree-level study, as well as vocational education and training to more than 50,000 students. Unitec has around 55 full time IT staff members that manage a network of approximately 4,000 connected nodes, seventy five percent of which are workstations. There are also approximately 300 to 400 wireless laptops configured to connect to the Unitec wireless network. Staff and students are tied toget...
The Medical University of Gdansk, the largest medical academic institution in Northern Poland, inaugurated its state-of-the-art Academic Center of Invasive Medicine in September, 2011. A six-storey building with a total area of over 64,000 sqm, the medical center is furnished with the most cutting-edge medical equipment. It will serve as the country's leading research and clinical institution specializing in a broad range of surgery practices and intensive care.To ensure the safety of those valu...
Safety is at the forefront of hospitals across the nation. According to a landmark report 'To Err is Human' (2000) by The Institute of Medicine (IOM), between 44,000 and 98,000 patients die a year in the U.S. due to preventable medical errors including wrongful administration of medication. Beyond the cost of human life, these errors cost the healthcare industry as much as $29 million per year. This figure takes into account the expenses associated with additional care, loss of income and disabi...
One of Spain’s newest and ‘greenest’ hospitals, Sant Joan Reus has been jointly designed by the architects’ studios Corea & Moran and Pich-Aguilera, specialists in hospital architecture. The hospital, which has 460 beds, specializes in treatments such as oncology, bariatric surgery, plastic surgery and repair, vascular medicine and thoracic surgery. The new hospital is integrated into the local environment not only from a landscaping point of view but has also...
