Healthcare case studies

Airbus Defence and Space establishes highly resilient PMR network to deal with extreme incidents in Hungary The Hungarian capital Budapest will soon have the most reliable and modern version of the nationwide Unified Digital Radio Communication System (UDRS) with sophisticated “self-healing” functions. From December 2016 onwards, Airbus Defence and Space will equip the UDRS in Budapest with the latest IP- Tetra technology as part of the nationwide modernization eff...

With SMARTair™, programmable, encrypted RFID smart cards replace mechanical keys Working with architect Francisco Daroca Bruño, Spain’s Red Cross sought a new Córdoba office space designed around the person, to reflect the organization’s human welfare-related goals. The new building combines modern materials with Andalusian design principles to create a flexible workspace bathed in natural light. The main security challenge? To offer the highest...

3xLOGIC provides access control for more than 1800 users of Texas Health Huguley Hospital 3xLOGIC, Inc., a provider of integrated intelligent security solutions, announced that Texas Health Huguley Hospital, located in Ft. Worth and a member of Adventist Health System, continues to roll out its 3xLOGIC Intelli-M Professional access control system to an ever larger number of doors and entrances.With 46 hospital campuses and more than 8,300 licensed beds in 10 states, Adventist...

The Village at Rockville: part of National Lutheran Communities and Services For 121 years, National Lutheran Communities and Services (NLCS) has provided lifestyle, residential and health care choices to seniors through a variety of retirement community options. These include The Village at Rockville, a National Lutheran Community in Maryland; The Legacy at North Augusta, a National Lutheran Community in Staunton, Virginia; and The Village at Orchard Ridge, a National Luther...

The system allows for remote key management, providing audit trails on locks and padlocks Abloy UK and medical equipment manufacturer Bristol Maid have supplied the Queen Elizabeth (QE) Hospital Birmingham with over 1,400 keys and 1,600 locks, fitting PROTEC2 CLIQ© and Traka21 advanced key management systems to improve the security of medicines. Key Management ChallengeIn addition to nursing efficiency, one of the major issues faced by QE and many other healthcare organiz...

MOBOTIX cameras helped create an environment where incidents can be thoroughly and quickly investigated Valley Health is a non-profit organization that provides healthcare throughout Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. With its headquarters in Winchester, Virginia, 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,...

CLIQ® cylinders are easy to install and powered by a standard battery inside each key Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust provides emergency and acute healthcare to around 350,000 residents in the North-East of England, typically handling 135,000 emergencies and 400,000 outpatient appointments every year. It manages an annual budget of around £300 million. The Trust was looking for a secure locking system to control access to drug cabinets across thr...

It’s efficient, easy to use, has great coverage and the back-up and technical support are the most impressive elements Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust has turned to Skyguard’s BS 8484 approved personal alarms to safeguard their community-based staff tasked with providing in-home services.  Provides Discreet Protection For Lone Working Staff Skyguard’s keyfob sized MySOS devices were implemented as a means of discreet protection for l...

Traka21’s innovative plug and play system provides the practice with the very latest in intelligent key management Mansfield Medical Centre offers a wide range of health services to patients from their surgery in Coventry. Their team of doctors and nurse take great pride in the care they provide, actively engaging in the NHS Patient Participation Group, ensuring that patients are involved in decisions about the range and quality of services provided and, over time, c...

The building automation technology will be implemented using the Desigo platform Swiss pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-La Roche opts for fire safety and building automation from Siemens for its new buildings on the Kaiseraugst campus near Basel. The order is valued at more than 1.5 million euros. The buildings are expected to be completed by mid-2017. Installing Fire Detectors In the coming years, F. Hoffmann-La Roche will add several buildings to its Kaiseraugst campus....

The new entrance at Froedtert Hospital has less air seepage, keeping the hospital lobby warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer Boon Edam Inc., a global leader in security entrances and architectural revolving doors, recently announced that Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, a regional health care organization with locations throughout Wisconsin, is employing an entrance configuration that combines an exterior automatic sliding door with an...

SMART4 provides earliest warning of fire conditions, while minimizing inconvenience of unwanted alarms Introduction With the number of unwanted alarms reaching intolerable levels, Calderdale Royal Hospital installed technology from Notifier by Honeywell to solve the problem and create a state-of-the-art fire detection system. Calderdale Royal Hospital is a modern center of excellence that first opened its doors to patients in April 2001, after becoming one of the country&rsq...

Living TECH was able to bring down the architectural barriers in the home, and implement a truly state of the art automation project In Italy, examples of applied home automation at the service of social work are rare, so that many technicians and potential users of this innovative technology do not consider using it because it is thought to be too expensive, a luxury item only reserved for mansions and yachts, a status symbol for the few. However, this point of view does not...

The Northumbria hospital will utilize AC2000 visual imaging & pass production system and AC2000 alarm event display Tyco Security Products announced recently its selection as the access control solution provider for the NHS Northumbria’s new Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington, UK. SPIE Scotshield installed the access control solution from CEM Systems along with the complete fire and security solution for the Hospital. Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospit...

Traka’s key management solution has reduced the frequency of stock discrepancies Traka, the key and asset management specialist, has helped improve the safety and accountability of the drugs issuing process at Brighton and Sussex NHS Trust, by installing its key management solutions. Traka Intelligent Key Cabinet System Previously, keys to drugs lockers were issued manually, with one member of staff acting as a steward. However, this led to human error, difficulties in...

The tags work in conjunction with readers installed throughout the two buildings 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. Easy Installation Working with integrator Sigmamed, residents were issued Elpas healthcare positioning tags t...

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...