When seconds count in an emergency, such as an active shooter or severe weather, gaps in communication can cost lives. Many schools, businesses and healthcare facilities face the challenge of ensuring comprehensive coverage with their existing emergency mass communication systems.
- By Greg Smith
- Jun 01, 2017
Hospitals and medical centers face a number of challenges related to ensuring a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
- By Greg Smith
- May 01, 2017
A Michigan based health care provider that features two main campuses and has dozens of remote and satellite care centers had, for years, deployed a magnetic stripe card-based Galaxy Control Systems access control system integrated, installed and serviced by VidCom Solutions in Lansing.
- By Scott Lindley
- Mar 01, 2017
Security directors in hospitals and other healthcare settings need to understand pertinent aspects of the Clery Act, and how to partner with colleges and universities to establish, maintain or enhance compliance with this federal law.
- By Dolores A. Stafford
- Mar 01, 2017
First integrated healthcare facility in the country to provide comprehensive healthcare solution employing advanced medical equipment and professional medical staff.
Combines sixty years of industry experience.
Increasing mobility of equipment raises new concerns of managing access and keeping data confidential.
- By Steve Spatig
- Jul 08, 2015
For hospitals and critical care facilities, security and access control systems are a key part of the situational awareness and security management platform.
Employee turnover rates and low morale attributed to insufficient equipment for officers.
Key trends for banks, hospitals, universities and federal agencies, as well as government ID, transportation, enterprise and retail applications.
Integrity caregivers established “proof of presence” by tapping HID Global’s trusted tags with their NFC-enabled smartphone, eliminating opportunities to falsify records.
Partnership streamlines mission critical healthcare communications for customers.
Designed especially for use in clinical applications such as EMR, BCMA/CLMA, CPOE, PACS and radiology, is an extension of hospital information system (HIS) and is an ideal PDA.
Community Health Systems in Central Florida hospitals are affected by the breach
- By Matt Holden
- Aug 20, 2014
New incident management system to be implemented across 16 award-winning hospitals.
Hospitals operate 24/7. As a result, countless numbers of people enter and exit their facilities. In order to provide a safe environment for their patients and employees, they need to know who these people are and why they are there.
- By Greg Goyne
- Aug 06, 2014
Allows healthcare organizations to easily migrate from mechanical locks to electronic access control.
Fatal stabbing leaves elderly woman dead with another body discovered in a nearby home.
Solution should provide remote monitoring capabilities to control access within a facility and audit trail capabilities to demonstrate compliance with HIPAA requirements.
- By Steve Spatig
- May 20, 2014
Shocking results of a two-year security study of a healthcare network revealed via weak passwords, lack of authentication and embedded web servers.
- By Ginger Hill
- Apr 29, 2014