Improving Healthcare Security with Enterprise Tracking Solutions
ADVANTIDGE supports hospitals and medical centers with turnkey security solutions that allow enterprises to track staff and patients to ensure a safe and secure facility. Through our consultative approach every solution utilizes a unique combination of hardware, software and professional services tailored to each client’s application.
Most options for tracking employees and patients rely on automated technologies that can be read by a handheld reader or mobile device. For low security applications, a QR code is the easiest and cheapest way to identify a person and log their activity in a database managed by tracking software. For higher security applications, there are a variety of RFID options available including low frequency 125Khz prox technologies in addition to high frequency 13.56Mhz smart chips with encryption. To review the top solutions available see the options below:
GuardRFID
HID has expanded their offering of healthcare security through active RFID for new applications being considered by hospitals and medical centers. GuardRFID’s suite of active RFID tags, readers, exciters and software support four primary use cases important to the healthcare market, including:
- Infant Security: The TotGuard™ infant security system prevents infant abduction and mother-baby mismatches by providing wearable tags for mothers and infants. The system works in conjunction with both a hospital’s access control and network video systems.
- Staff Duress: 44% of nurses experience physical violence in the workplace, according to the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. Small, lightweight active RFID tags equipped with a call button can be worn on a wristband or lanyard to help protect healthcare workers in the event of duress.
- Asset Tracking: RFID tags are used to provide the real-time visibility of healthcare assets and enable staff to quickly find the equipment they need. This improves asset utilization, saves labor costs, and reduces theft.
- Patient Wandering: At-risk patients, such as the elderly or those struggling with mental health, are tagged and become instantly detected at exit doors, stairwells, and elevators. The doors can be configured to lock and sound alarms when the tags are detected in proximity, offering an extra level of protection to these patients and their caregivers.
GuardRFID is the newest solution from HID that supports a safer experience for both patients and staff at healthcare facilities.
By using a digital visitor management system you can implement efficient options to streamline your workflow. This includes sending out notices by to confirmed visitors before their arrival with QR code instructions with maps for parking or tips for easy entry. Many healthcare organizations set up automation to notify hosts when their visitor has arrived or when visitors have completed the digital sign in process that include safety waivers, NDA’s or other legal documents upon sign-in.
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Medical offices can also utilize touch-less reception, online pre-registration, check off vaccination status or negative test results and manage various facilities from a central location to reduce onsite staff that manages visitors in a reception area. You can even offer personalized options such as enforcing restraining orders and other onsite visitor preferences for patients. Securing employee access to patient information now becomes more accessible for staff and easier to prevent outside parties with a digital management system combined with HIPAA compliant multi-factor authentication.
When organizations need to track personnel in low security applications, QR codes can serve a wide range of solutions to verify people have checked in or out. This includes departmental meetings, training sessions and healthcare educational events. Check-in/out applications can also support educational programs like classroom attendance, art displays, or other forms of consumer usage where smart phones are readily available. By utilizing barcodes or QR codes, these solutions can support fundraising events, non profit participation, donations and other marketing campaigns where data is needed on attendance.
ADVANTIDGE supports hospitals and medical centers with turnkey security solutions that allow enterprises to track staff and patients to ensure a safe and secure facility. Through our consultative approach every solution utilizes a unique combination of hardware, software and professional services tailored to each client’s application. Contact us to learn more about how we can help your team stay compliant and maintain a safe & secure workforce.
