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Integrated Security Solutions LAead to Smarter, Safer Hospitals
combative walk-in takes a swing at security staff. A distraught and visitors. They’ve been able to become more proactive in dealing stranger attempts to abduct a newborn. A clueless motorist with security problems, as well as improve patient care and overall blocks the ambulance lane. An addict jimmies the lock on a hospital management.
medical cart. A high-risk patient falls out of bed. There’s a
fender bender in the parking lot. An intruder sneaks into an Layered Problems, Layered Solutions
operating theater. Hospitals face a daily array of security issues. With video analytics able to instantly process and analyze images
Surveillance cameras alone are insufficient to help security staff address all these challenges. That’s why many hospitals are taking a more integrated, layered approach to their security posture. By linking intelligent video with network audio and access control, they’ve created smarter and safer environments for their staff, patients
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with surgical precision, hospital staff receive actionable information in real time. Audio analytics, the intelligent ears of an integrated solution, add another valuable layer of immediate awareness. They can instantly alert hospital staff to threats like verbal aggression, breaking glass and gunshots so staff can react more quickly and