Healthcare Solutions

Integrated network platforms enhance security and value for budget conscious institutions

Hospitals and healthcare facilities are focused on one thing: people. Patients are the foremost concern and hospital security teams are tasked with creating a safe and secure environment for a diverse group of people. Furthermore, hospitals also face threats from natural disaster, accidents or planned actions, such as terrorist attack and vandalism. Access to updated information is critical to maintaining a holistic security program in a healthcare environment. Because of that, security systems are a critical asset in any hospital's approach to security. Technologies such as video surveillance and access control can manage daily tasks while officers focus on more pressing issues.

To date, many healthcare facilities have relied on analog-based systems, which are no longer effective enough to help hospitals correlate security data. Healthcare facilities need advanced networked tools that leverage the power of the IT network to correlate information from traditionally separate subsystems — video surveillance, analytics, access control, alarm management and VoIP, for example — into one platform to increase situational awareness and help security staffs identify violence or threats before an event occurs.

Integrated, networked security solutions are designed to help hospitals and other healthcare facilities manage and correlate security and surveillance data, and improve operations from a business perspective.

Next Level Security Systems solutions provide integrated, intelligent solutions that are cost-effective; can provide security staff with real-time and stored information to build enforceable cases; and quickly find evidence before suspicious behavior turns into a violent incident.

End-to-End Integration from the Ground Up

For hospitals searching for a complete security system, the NLSS Security Platform is a cost-effective solution. The NLSS Security Platform combines essential elements such as video management, access control, intelligent analytics, VoIP and remote accessibility into a single platform. Instead of piecing together separate components from various vendors through costly and time-consuming custom integration, the NLSS Gateway — the core of the NLSS Security Platform — integrates traditionally separate subsystems into a single platform enabling the entire solution to be easily installed, managed and operated through a single user interface. This drastically reduces deployment and maintenance costs while making the entire system more intuitive.

Lower Cost of Ownership

Because the NLSS Security Platform is fully networked, hospitals are able to benefit from a lower cost of ownership as they can leverage existing IT infrastructure already in place to handle IT functionality and electronic patient data. This means there is no additional cabling or computers needed to run and manage the system, equating to a substantial reduction in installation costs.

One Network, One Platform

Unlike other security management appliances, the NLSS Security Platform integrates traditionally separate subsystems including video management, access control, VoIP and video analytics into one platform. This enables data from these systems to be correlated together quickly and efficiently to provide investigators and security officers with increased situational awareness. For example, integrating video analytics with video management enables operators to quickly and easily search through hours of video by activating specific rules. This enables operators to be more proactive with live video footage, rather than investing hours in the management of standard DVRs or manually locating specific events on tape-based VCRs.

Furthermore, the NLSS Security Platform, the NLSS Gateway and the NLSS Gateway Micro include analytics at no additional cost and no per channel fees. Next Level’s advanced video analytics include:

• Facial grabbing and recognition to identify known criminals that enter facilities
• Suspicious behaviors in public areas- These analytics can alert operators of suspicious and potentially fraudulent activities at waiting rooms, for example
• People counting helps hospitals manage staffing levels during peak hours
• Loitering to identify crowd behavior before an incident escalates
• Entry and exit monitoring coupled with an IP access control system helps maintain a strong access program
• Object left behind helps operators identify packages or items of a specific size left in a particular location
• License plate recognition to check against criminal watch lists

Centralized Management

The NLSS Security Platform is a fully networked system, meaning that all elements of the security system, be it unlocking IP door locks or viewing a video event, can be viewed from anywhere over the network. Remote management greatly simplifies an institution’s video surveillance operations by providing an interface to easily monitor an entire network of facilities. This is critically important as healthcare organizations add locations through organic growth and acquisitions.

Since the NLSS Security Platform is networked-based, it enables information from multiple buildings or facilities to be shared with other parties as needed. For example, local police may need to tap into an IP camera feed at a hospital during a security breach. The power of the network enables operators to allow or deny access to IP video quickly and if needed, instantly.

A Clear View of Security

From a security standpoint, the NLSS HD Media Decoder can be used to update spot monitors to HD display monitors to help security guards effectively monitor live video with a crystal clear monitor display. Furthermore, the decoder can be leveraged to set up a public view monitor to deter criminals before an event occurs and ensure patients that an advanced security system is enabled for their protection.