Tennessee rehabilitation center keeps recovering residents in check

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Recovery Ranch, located in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., is a special rehabilitation center for clients with addictive, eating or mood disorders, or in need of psychosomatic recovery for improved quality of life. The ranch employs 160 therapists and administrative personnel, serving more than 75 clients at a time, with 24/7 care for different treatments; hence, it is a large facility with residents

152 US veteran affairs hospitals track assets in real time with RFID

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Oatsystems, a division of Checkpoint Systems has been selected as a subcontractor to HP Enterprise Services' maximum value US$543 million indefinite delivery indefinite quantity real time location system (RTLS) contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to procure and deploy a RFID asset management system at 152 of its hospitals that will assist in the automation and improvement of

UK hospital tightens the electronic screws on drug dispensation

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The Darent Valley Hospital in U.K. has recently chosen Nedap's security management platform to secure their drug cupboards. Access to the drug cupboards can be managed within the platform, via the standard integrated locker management functionality. This micro-level access control functionality is putting an end to key-management.

US hospital prescribes unified security

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One of the largest hospitals in U.S., the Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH), has chosen an integrated security solution from Tyco Security Products. The solution that incorporates products from two Tyco brands, Software House's security and event management system and 22 American Dynamics NVRs will be used to secure the hospital's 1,500—bed flagship teaching hospital and more than 12 sites as part of

N. Carolina hospital modernizes security infrastructure

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Vidant Beaufort Hospital deployed a comprehensive Mobotix surveillance system at its 142-bed non-profit hospital in North Carolina. The cameras were installed in multiple phases as a method of modernizing the heath care facility's security infrastructure to allow security personnel to operate more efficiently, while reducing liability and deterring crime. The system was installed by Daytona Broadb

Spanish university hospital combats theft with IP video

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The Miguel Servet University Hospital that opened in 1955 in Spain installed a network video surveillance system to protect the 1,345-bed facility from theft. The hospital with 4,800 employees previously had no video surveillance system and had experienced a spate of property thefts, with one particular case amounting to the loss of more than US$7,800 (€6,000) in a month. After consulting hospital

Missouri health care facility future-proofs patients and staff safety

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The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Missouri deployed a comprehensive IP video surveillance system from DVTel throughout its 350-bed facility, with the help of CI3 Integrators. Approximately 14,000 visitors enter the hospital each week, making security a top concern. The hospital employs more than 100 security officers, along with its 415-camera video surveillance system, to

UK county hospital locks downtime out with IP-based access management

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Meridian Surveillance Systems are securing the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with door controllers, proximity readers and management software from Access Control Technology (ACT) as part of an IP-addressable system.

Texan hospital centralizes property management and security on IP backbone

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Christus Spohn Hospital's medical office buildings (MOBs) in Corpus Christi, Texas, needed a solution that would allow its property managers to increase security and worker productivity throughout the five buildings. The MOBs were also burdened with high costs of insurance claims they were unable to disprove from visitors who alleged they were injured while on the property.

Midsized Spanish hospital entrusts security to IP-based system

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The Nuestra Se?ora de América Hospital opened in Madrid in 1972. Since then, it has committed to providing only the best care to and safety of its patients. The continued did not go unnoticed as it was awarded Best Private Health Center in Spain, in the years of 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.