Healthcare security applications - Case studies

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...

Traka21 is used to manage access to the remote programmable Abloy Protec2 CLIQ keys NHS Trusts are becoming more and more focused on providing the best patient care in hospitals across the UK. A recent study by one NHS trust showed that nurses spent as much as 40 minutes in an 8 hour shift looking for keys to drugs cabinets. Traka21 is used to manage access to the remote programmable Abloy Protec2 CLIQ keys. Abloy’s drug management solution – Protec2 CLIQ programs...

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 organisation with locations throughout Wisconsin, is employing an entrance configuration that combines an exterior automatic sliding door with an...

The hospital chose Nedap AEOS access control integrated with Aperio wireless locks A modern hospital demands secure, but flexible, access control, around the clock and 365 days a year. At Ghent’s new Hospital Maria Middelares, ASSA ABLOY—in partnership with Nedap—delivered just that. Instead of old-fashioned mechanical locks and cumbersome keys, the hospital chose Nedap AEOS access control integrated with Aperio® wireless locks to protect staff, patie...

SMART4 provides earliest warning of fire conditions, whilst minimising 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 centre of excellence that first opened its doors to patients in April 2001, after becoming one of the country&rs...

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 utilise 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...

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...

UNION’s keyULTRA™ 6 pin masterkey system offers improved key control for NHS security and facilities managers UNION, part of ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, is supplying its keyULTRA™ system to the state of the art West Cumberland Hospital. The hospital is based in Whitehaven, Cumbria and is set to open in October 2015. Facilities will include 261 beds; the majority of which will be...

ISONAS system was well received and expanded to additional departments Moundview Memorial Hospital & Clinics meets the healthcare needs of Adams County, Wisconsin and the surrounding area. Located in the central Wisconsin Village of Friendship, surrounded by beautiful farm lands, the original hospital was dedicated in July 1959. The original hospital featured a surgery suite, maternity ward, emergency room, laboratory, x-ray room, and support services, along with a total o...

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 centre 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 optimised 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 specialising in the access control sector and recognised 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...

AC2000 software offers an unparalleled range of security applications that enhance security and customer operations To secure King Khalid University Hospital and ensure the constant safety of its staff, patients and visitors, CEM’s AC2000 access control and security management system was installed. AC2000 access control and security management system provides King Khalid University Hospital with a range of access control features and functionality, as well as CEM’...

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...

St John wanted to ensure that their lone workers were better protected whilst visiting and travelling between customers Charitable healthcare organisation St John New Zealand have launched the StaySafe smartphone app and surrounding cloud based monitoring service to protect their lone workers. The app will be used to monitor their medical alarm representatives who install, test and service emergency medical alarms for 40,000 vulnerable or elderly customers across New Zealand....

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...

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...