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A Smarter, Safer Approach to Hospital Security

Security Industry Association

Hospital security is tricky. A medical center should be a place of healing and provide a welcoming atmosphere, but the reality is that hospitals and medical campuses create environments that are difficult to monitor and secure and regularly experience violence. Zach Jory, Axon Enterprise. Body-Worn Cameras.

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Integrating Technologies, Security and Privacy: Hospital Security Systems Must Do More Than Lock Doors and Record Video

Security Industry Association

Hospitals around the globe face the challenge of meeting the needs of a wide variety of people, from protecting patients (and their confidential information) to ensuring the well-being of staff and physicians to providing a safe environment for visitors. Numerous sectors of a hospital have complex needs for role-based access control.

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Disaster’ refers to an event that causes damage, destruction, interruption of services and important activities, and possibly casualties. Security’ involves protection against major threats, such as terrorist activity. Civil protection must be developed at the local authority level, coordinated regionally and harmonised nationally.

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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

Hospitals need to develop very substantial surge capacity and greatly increase their infection control measures. This may involve deploying field hospitals and using the resources of military medicine. Sectors such as travel, hospitality, tourism, retail, the arts and entertainment will suffer closures and reorganisations.

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Healthcare Under Attack: Building Resilience in the Face of an Aggressive Cyber Threat

MHA Consulting

In today’s post, we’ll look at the measures hospitals and other facilities that care for patients can and should take to improve their resilience in the face of the rising threat. medical infrastructure was subject to what the American Hospital Association called “the most significant and consequential cyberattack on the U.S.

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Guest Post: Leveraging the Advantages of Access Control and Intercom Integration

Security Industry Association

Together, they enable facility directors to screen visitors, track their whereabouts and document and record access control activities. Enhanced Visitor Management Some spaces, such as schools and certain areas in a hospital, need to always remain secured.

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SIA New Member Profile: Paratus Consultants Group

Security Industry Association

We are actively involved in organizations such as SIA, ASIS International, ASTM, InfraGard, NYPD SHIELD and the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP). Today our clients may range from Fortune 500 companies, college campuses and hospital systems to large manufacturing and commercial real estate.