Healthcare case studies
Residents and staff now have the assurance that distress calls will be handled quickly and efficiently throughout the premises Tyco Security Products, part of Tyco, the world’s largest pure-play fire protection and security company, announced that the Or Yom Nursing Home in Istanbul, Turkey, is now using the Elpas Real Time Location System (RTLS) for the facility’s 130 residents and 20 staff members. Active RFID Transmitter Working with integrator Sigmamed, r...
The DirectIP solution features an 8-channel NVR connected to six full-HD dome cameras all operated through IDIS Center VMS IDIS announces the successful implementation of DirectIP at the Farleigh Hospice, a registered charity, in Chelmsford, that provides hospice care to people affected by life limiting illnesses across mid Essex. When the hospice’s existing analog CCTV system started to fail and became too expensive to maintain, the Farleigh management team turned to S...
DualDome D14 and the Q24 Hemispheric camera drastically reduce the number of cameras required to monitor the hospital’s interior MOBOTIX Corp., an industry-leading provider of high resolution, network-based security solutions, recently announced the Vidant Beaufort Hospital deployed a comprehensive MOBOTIX surveillance system at its 142-bed non-profit hospital in North Carolina. The cameras were installed in multiple phases as a method of modernizing the heath care facil...
St. Joseph’s has grown and security has become bigger and more important within the organization St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) has a history dating back to 1869. The Catholic health care organization is governed by St. Joseph’s Health Care Society of the Roman Catholic Diocese of London, and its services are publicly funded. Today, the hospital system--which consists of four major sites and more than 3 million square feet of space--...
TDSi EXgarde is capable of controlling a single door at one site up to a thousanddoors at multiple sites with thousands of users With its duty of care to vulnerable patients, staff and visitors, along with the need to protect valuable assets, the healthcare sector is one of the most dependent upon reliable and well-designed security systems. Added to this, many healthcare trusts have to be perpetually mindful of budget requirements - so all investments have to provide ex...
AC2000 offers a comprehensive suite of client and browser based applications To secure the largest single NHS hospital build in Scotland, CEM AC2000 was selected to ensure the safety of patients and staff as well as the new hospital buildings. AC2000 security management system and access control hardware provide the South Glasgow Hospitals with a comprehensive integrated security system to meet their requirements now and in the future. CEM Approved Reseller Boston Networks i...
The ISONAS system enables system administrators to analyze activity trends & events Like other hospitals around the country, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore deals with the often competing goals of improving patient safety and satisfaction, nurse satisfaction and nursing efficiency, all while controlling costs. A recent project – the installation of single-patient, automated medication cabinets in each patient room – has resulted in improvements in all of these area...
SWFT provides end-to-end accountability for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data The Jacksonville Naval Hospital has procured the Secure Web Fingerprint Transmission (SWFT) Enrollment System from Corvus Integration, Inc, a veteran-owned small business based out of Reston, Virginia. These SWFT Systems will enable users to upload electronic fingerprints and demographic information for applicants requiring a background investigation. The SWFT system eliminates the manua...
Three Samsung Techwin cameras would need to be specified to provide coverage of areas both inside and outside all 19 mental health units Creating a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors is a constant challenge throughout the NHS and particularly so within mental health facilities. With this in mind, 19 mental health units located throughout the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust estate have been recently equipped with IP network based video monitoring sys...
With the help of PowerNet, the company can track who entered the inner rooms of the facility and when Recovery.4.Life LLC, located in Boise, ID is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center with a primary focus on mental health and substance abuse treatment provided on an outpatient basis. With a goal of treating all aspects of addiction with the most advanced, industry leading and innovative treatment, Recovery.4.Life creates treatment plans for individuals tailored to the pers...
The ISONAS system provides ability for assigning access permissions on door-by-door basis for individuals or groups Since its establishment in 2004, Heart 'n Home Hospice & Palliative Care has optimized the quality of life for individuals in the final stages of terminal illness. Heart 'n Home has become the leading hospice provider in Idaho and Eastern Oregon, having served over 2,500 patients since opening in March of 2004. In addition to the original office in Fruitland,...
Maxxess eFusion software has more than 50 fully integrated third-party manufacturer’s products incorporated Maxxess, a global corporation specializing in the access control sector and recognized for its extensive integration capabilities, recently developed and implemented for Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in the country, a comprehensive security solution to protect areas containing radioactive sources. Fulfilling RSP And NNSA Requirements...
Care@Home allows service providers to offer a customisable and upgradable PERS solution to their home-care customers Medical Guardian, a leading American provider of medical alert services, has selected Essence’s Care@Home™ personal emergency response system (PERS) solution for its new monitoring service. Essence is a leading provider of IoT, cloud-based connected-living solutions. As an IoT pioneer, Essence has made a strong push into the home healthcare market o...
Umeå targeted a sustainable solution to keeping its most vulnerable residents safe in the new Äldrecentret Teg When the city of Umeå, Sweden, needed a modern electronic locking system to secure a new assisted-living facility, it turned to Tidomat and Aperio® from ASSA ABLOY. The city demanded more than just stringent, user-friendly security. Umeå targeted a new gold standard, a sustainable solution to keeping its most vulnerable residents safe in...
Background 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 eviden...
The Kollector Digital Recorder is designed as a product that can record 16 videos on the internal hard drive When Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of Illinois, Texas and New Mexico decided to take a step up from their old VCRs, they were looking for something really special. “The equipment we had was completely outdated and we needed an upgrade,” says James Terry, supervisor, security, Illinois division. “Our equipment was useless for what we needed it for. We wanted...
Virtua called on the services of CM3 Building Solutions of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania to design and install their new system, as well as local manufacturer’s representative, ASR Enterprises, Inc. to assist with equipment selection. After choosing ExacqVision NVRs, Virtua’s management team met with various megapixel camera suppliers to review their product lines and to see demos. After extensive testing and analysis, Arecont Vision megapixel cameras were selected for Virtua&rs...
CEM AC2000 SE was installed to secure the hospital and to keep staff, visitors and patients safe The dedicated university hospital which opened in Saudi Arabia in 1982 provides 800 patient beds, over 20 operating rooms and fully equipped and staffed laboratories. The university hospital contains a special outpatient building and provides primary and secondary care services for Saudi patients. CEM AC2000 SE (Standard Edition) security management system was installed to secure t...
An Oncam Grandeye solution delivers Total Situational Awareness, which offers so much more than just cameras According to the US Census Bureau 2012, the annual revenue total of the healthcare industry is $1.668 Trillion. There are 5,724 registered hospitals in the US (American Hospital Association). Each one is estimated to be worth between $100-500m in terms of total asset value (building, staff, and equipment). In the 2012 Hospital Security Summary, 25% of respondents repor...
Customer Sacred Heart Health System is a 466-bed acute care facility. It includes Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital and Sacred Heart Women’s Hospital. Since the Daughters of Charity opened the area’s first hospital in 1915, Sacred Heart Health System has grown into the region’s leader for providing high-quality, compassionate health care. Sacred Heart Health Systems is affiliated with Ascension Health, the nation’s larges...
ASSA ABLOY’s DC256 clutch thumbturns were installed at the facility ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, has supplied a range of products that mitigate patient risk to a new West Midlands mental health facility. Oak House, based in Tipton, provides a specialist 24 hour nursing service for men and women with mental health disabilities. The Camino healthcare facility features bedrooms, bedsits, assisted bathrooms and meeting rooms, which have all b...
Security surveillance specialist AD Network Video is introducing its enhanced integrated HD IP video solution for hospitals. Virtual NVR delivers high definition IP video images for evidential purposes which directly tackle theft and anti-social behavior in a completely secure way. The Virtual NVR aims to offer hospitals secure environments, a culture of safety for patients, visitors and staff. The new solution offers video of high quality that can be used for whatever action is appropriate, i...
Western State Hospital (WSH) is a state psychiatric hospital which is licensed and operated by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. In late 2013, patients and staff moved into the brand new $140 million dollar facility, located in Staunton, Virginia. WSH offers individualized treatment to people with mental illness and substance abuse needs. The original facility was built in 1828 at a location nearby and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
CNL Software partnered with e-Thele SQD Networks to provide security management system for the South African hospital CNL Software, a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, and e-Thele SQD Networks a market leader in the design, implementation and support of Situational Management and PSIM solutions have been chosen to provide a comprehensive security management system for a hospital facility in South Africa. Healthcare security is facing in...
The department installed Avigilon HD cameras which are monitored 24/7 and managed using ACC software Challenge Reduce incidents of violence and crime, better protect patients and its 5,600-plus employees, and improve overall best practice in their health care facilities. Solution Avigilon™ was able to leverage the Tampere City Department of Social Services and Health Care’s 600 existing analog cameras and assist them with the transition to IP with 67 Avig...
Brivo OnAirSM cloud-based access control management provides 24/7, 365 security for ambulance and EMT operations base Brivo Systems LLC, leader in cloud applications for security management, recently announced that Star EMS, Pontiac Michigan, relies on Brivo OnAirSM cloud-based access control management to provide 24/7, 365 security for its ambulance and EMT operations base. National Technology Management (NTM) is the Brivo dealer and installer for this project. “Brivo...
Green Gate installed two O&O ‘up and down’ car-park barriers at the main entrances Kent based company, Green Gate Access Systems, has installed the UK’s very first solar O&O barriers at Warwick Hospital. The hospital facilities team contacted Managing Director Neil Sampson last year, to discuss how to enable parking closer to the site for their 300 plus auxiliary nurses and key workers, to speed their arrival on shift. Warwick Hospital had already acq...
Khalij Hospital commissioned Pooya Fara Negar (PFN), VIVOTEK’s local distributor, to install a security network Background: Patient Safety and Medical Quality are Top Priority To ensure patient safety and optimize medical quality, a reliable surveillance system is critical for hospitals, especially for those located in highly populated areas. Bushehr is the capital of Bushehr Province, which is located in southeastern Iran. With a population of over 200,000...
Salto's off-line system and Nedap's AEOS enables the administration of all components, people and functions When ‘Christoph 7’, the hospitals’ quick response emergency team – named after the most famous rescue helicopter in Germany – rushes to an emergency such as a heart attack or a stroke somewhere within the hospital, there is no time to be lost: in the most serious case it can be a matter of life or death. Saving lives has absolute priorit...
INSIDE's secure microcontroller provides a highly flexible and cost-effective solution INSIDE Secure, a leader in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, recently announced that it has started delivering its latest generation secure microcontroller for the Carte SESAM-Vitale 2 program, the French national health care insurance card. “Since the introduction of the first Carte SESAM-Vitale program, our secure microcontrollers have been used and we ha...
