Healthcare security applications - Case studies
Trollmühle, a water supply association selected Omnicast for its motion detection Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, announced that Trollmühle, a water supply association located in Rhineland, Germany, chose Omnicast, Genetec’s IP video surveillance system, to safeguard water facilities against threats and contamination. Omnicast was chosen for its highly-advanced reliability...
Axxon Intellect Enterprise supports a variety of IP and analogue cameras The maternity hospital on the Furshtatskaya Street in downtown St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, provides a wide range of services and includes an in vitro fertilisation centre, a well woman centre, a diagnostics and out-patient centre as well as prenatal care, in-patient obstetric, and childcare departments. In 2011 the hospital realised the need to expand its video surveillance system by installing a...
The IP based network system takes advantage of the performance and cost efficiencies of Arecont cameras Virtua Healthcare System, a comprehensive multi- hospital healthcare system headquartered in Marlton, NJ, has recently upgraded its video surveillance system to an IP-based network complete with Arecont Vision IP megapixel cameras. According to Paul M. Sarnese, System Safety Director, Virtua Health, the Arecont solution has enabled the organisation to increase surveillance...
Accidents can and do happen, but being prepared for them is what can really make the difference between life and death in a critical situation. In the autonomous region of Castilla-La Mancha in Central Spain, the health care authority, SESCAM, takes people's well-being seriously. SESCAM is stepping up its medical airlift services with 166 new helipads and a communications and video network system that is built to effectively counter any calamity.Centralising the systemCurrently, there are 59 med...
Avigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that Southside Medical Center, Georgia's oldest and largest Federally Qualified Health Centre, has deployed the Avigilon High Definition (HD) surveillance system to boost patient and staff safety. Facing many security challenges including gang-related activities, on-site domestic violence, disputes among patients, vandalism, break-ins, and theft, Southside Medical Center selected the...
The training centre at the University Hospital of Cologne has a sophisticated new audio video system which helps medical students practise consultations and procedures of different types and learn from detailed analysis of their own performance. Supplied and installed by inSynergie, a German specialist in multimedia control solutions, the AV package combines inSynergie's own software with Geutebruck re_porter and GeViScope video platforms.The training centre's practice facilities compr...
The Healthcare sector is a vital one which affects everyone at some point during their lives. Equally, by its very nature the healthcare sector is highly susceptible to security threats, so ensuring secure access control is an essential element of most medical facilities. TDSi, a global leader in access control systems, offers a range of solutions that cater for the numerous and often demanding access control needs of the healthcare industry, whilst respecting the need to provide for greater val...
The challenges involved in securing a hospital are unlike those in almost any other building. Most hospitals have relatively easy access because they want to provide a welcoming environment and while this dictates that it is often necessary to allow for high levels of public access to the hospital and other health amenities, including the routes linking different departments, entry to many back of house areas and most other facilities needs to be restricted for the protection of both patients an...
IndigoVision's IP-CCTV solution has been integrated together with access control and intruder detection to provide one of Madrid's hospitals with a state of the art security system. Opened in 2008, the Infanta Sofía Hospital is located in San Sebastián De los Reyes and was built by the Madrid Regional Government as part of plans to improve healthcare services for towns in Northern Madrid. The hospital consists of several buildings on a 60Km2site with the main facilities in an 8-sto...
The Hikvision cameras allow network transmission to multiple clients simultaneousyHikvision's network speed dome cameras and 4CIF IP cameras are being used at the Louis Pasteur Hospital in the city of Chartres in northern France to protect patients, staff and visitors.This district general hospital, situated to the southwest of Paris, is a 528-bed facility offering general surgery, convalescence and a maternity unit. There is also emergency in-patient accommodation and a specialist respira...
The RAID NVR solutions have effectively increased security for hospital staff, patients and visitors The overwhelming advantages of megapixel cameras in terms of image clarity have pushed the adoption from large-scale projects to any application featuring stringent customer requirements, including schools, government institutions, hotels, hospitals, enterprises and factories. These advantages were recognised by the City Hospital in Skopje, Macedonia, which adopted Surveon's co...
There is a growing need for Quantum Secure products to increase the security of critical infrastructure Quantum Secure, the leading provider of enterprise software to manage and streamline security identities, compliance and events across disparate physical security systems, announced that it has deployed phase one of its SAFE physical identity and access management software solution for the new World Trade Centre.With this phase of SAFE deployment, the WTC will cen...
Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, today announced that its IP Network Cameras are being used to monitor Chemist Warehouse's Australian retail network, as part of a major security system expansion supported by Milestone using its security software and surveillance management solution for Chemist Warehouse's expanding number of locations across the country. Chemist Warehouse has used Axis cameras for over five years with open platform IP network video s...
Compro IP540 streams live video of the pets' activity to their owners' smartphones round-the-clock In Japan where being single is increasingly becoming the way of life for men and women over the age of 20, pets are gradually taking the place of children in the family. Today, there are estimated to be 25 million of dogs and cats living in Japan families, more than the number of new born babies and kids. Japanese businesses are quick to adapt to cater for the growing demand for pet care service....
The new system improves workflow efficiency and increases patient data securityDigitalPersona, Inc., a global provider of authentication and endpoint protection solutions, recently announced Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services (Children's Clinics) has deployed DigitalPersona® Pro data protection and access security software and U.are.U® Fingerprint Readers to enhance the rollout of its new electronic health records (EHR) system. Using fingerprint biometrics, Children's Clinic...
Upgrade of West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust upgraded it's Wavestore video recording systemVideo surveillance specialist, Puls Global Ltd has completed an upgrade of West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust's Wavestore video recording system which has resulted in an extension of the life of the existing analogue CCTV cameras, whilst expanding video surveillance coverage of the hospital by introducing new IP network cameras.It is sadly a familiar story throughout the NHS. Nurses, d...
Paxton supplied swipe card readers to impart an authentic look to the hospital set Mammoth Screen is an award-winning television production company that specialises in the creation of high quality drama for mainstream TV channels like ITV. They have now finished production on an exciting medical drama called Monroe, starring James Nesbitt as a neurosurgeon, working in a hospital in Leeds. The show is tipped to be ITV's leading TV drama series for 2011. Market-lead...
IndigoVision's IP video technology at the GBMCGreater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) has upgraded its aging analogue CCTV and access control to a fully integrated security solution using IndigoVision's IP Video technology. The 281-bed Medical Center is situated in Towson, a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland, and handles approximately 27,000 inpatients and 60,000 ER visits each year.When the original CCTV system and access control were becoming end of life, GBMC turned to system inte...
New electronic escutcheon designed for use in the educational environment by SALTO SystemsSALTO Systems has launched a brand new electronic escutcheon designed for use in the educational environment. It ensures schools; colleges and universities are a secure, safe place to learn by enabling buildings and facilities to be quickly locked down during a security or other emergency event. In such a situation it could be safer for students and staff to remain in a classroom, securely lock...
Advance access system for Spanish healthcare by SALTO SystemsThe brand new University Hospital Sant Joan de Reus, Barcelona's most up-to-date health care facility, has chosen SALTO Systems XS4 smart access control system to provide advanced security management.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 bed...
NICE to further enhance security at Brooke Army medical center with the expansion of existing Implementation and addition of advanced capabilitiesNICE Systems Ltd. today announced that Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), a U.S. Army Hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, is expanding its implementation of NICE security solutions and upgrading its video surveillance capabilities with NiceVision Net 2.0. Brooke Army Medical Center has used NICE video surveillance...
Academia Competition gym is equipped with video monitoring solutions from Axis Communications Successor of the Instituto Hercules, the first sports gym in Sao Paulo (SP), Academia Competition was founded in 1984 in the Higienopolis neighborhood. Besides innovation of bringing in new sports to Latin America, Academia Competition has always been concerned with offering its customers the best, in an organised, safe manner. In day to day events, realising the inefficiency of controlling the nu...
The University Hospital of Ceuta has become one of the most advanced hospitals with IP video technology Ceuta is an autonomous Spanish city located on the African coast close to the Strait of Gibraltar. In light of the age of sanitary installations it became necessary to improve conditions by means of the construction of a new hospital. The following principle objectives had been determined from the design stage: improvement of quality of assistance, accessibility, clinical security, manag...
As one of the world's largest healthcare suppliers, Siemens offers a modular programme for the healthcare industry. From building technology to imaging systems, from therapy equipment to IT and telecommunication solutions, Siemens' comprehensive portfolio helps customers meet their business and environmental goals. The intelligent use of state-of-the-art technologies and their holistic integration is an effective approach for the healthcare industry to meet growing demands. Without integrated b...
With 210,000 consultations and 185,000 treatments per year, almost 4,000 employees in 200,000 square metres of buildings; the hospital in Boras is one of Sweden's biggest hospitals located near Goteborg. That demands top security, which is managed with an IP video surveillance platform from Milestone Systems.With 33,000 inpatient admissions per year, there is high activity on many levels around the clock at the hospital in Boras. Security is a critical parameter to ensure that daily process...
For more than 140 years, The Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (AEHN) has provided impeccable medical care to the greater Philadelphia area and has earned a reputation for quality, excellence and leadership in the healthcare field. To better serve the communities of greater Philadelphia, the network split from Jefferson Health System, Philadelphia's largest healthcare system, to pursue its own independent strategic direction. As a result, Albert Einstein Medical Center changed its name to Alber...
Spire Shawfair Park Hospital has been provided security management software by CEM Systems a brand of TycoCEM Systems, a brand of Tyco Security Products, announced that the CEM AC2000 Lite security management system has been installed by ADT Glasgow to secure Edinburgh's new ‘Spire Shawfair Park hospital' . The AC2000 Lite system secures patients, visitors and the state-of-the-art medical equipment at the hospital.Spire Shawfair Park hospital is a new hospital in the East of Scotland...
IQinVision installed more than 3,200 H.264 HD megapixel cameras in the 12 separate campusesIQinVision, market leader in high-performance HD megapixel IP cameras, announced the completion of a major video surveillance project with the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS). The installation comprises more than 3,200 H.264 HD megapixel cameras installed in 336 buildings on 12 separate campuses located throughout the state. Knight Security Systems has been instrumental...
DRK rescue control centre alerts the home emergency personnel giving the PIN of the person requiring help The German Red Cross (DRK) has installed a state-of-the-art key and data protection system from Traka to control its home emergency service in Kreisverband Bitburg-Prum. Over 650 households in the Kreisverband Bitburg-Prum district are connected to the DRK home emergency call centre. To ensure fast response, the service works closely with the DRK emergency medical service, which mainta...
HID Global has provided secure identity to AEHN with contactless smart card technology for the employees HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, has enabled the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (AEHN) to simplify the re-badging of more than 7,000 personnel following the firm's spin-off and corporate re-branding, while also migrating to higher-security 13.56 MHz contactless technologies."HID Global provided the existing Wiegand magst...
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