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Hospitals Meet Security Challenges with Integrated Security and Facility Solutions | 9

White paper

Video surveillanceIn the past, video surveillance systems may have included a Newvicon or

Vidicon tube camera, sequential, looping or bridging switchers, and video

cassette or time lapse recorders or video recording. In addition, security

personnel needed to manually change the tapes over the course o

the day. Identiying specic events or incidents was both dicult and very

time-consuming.

Today, the technology is remarkably dierent. The cameras today have

embedded processors that enable video to be compressed within the device

and transmitted over real-time IP networks. Megapixel camera technologyhas ushered in a new era or the video security industryproviding clear,

detailed, and expansive imageswhile combining sophisticated eatures

such as wide dynamic range; low light, anti-bloom capabilities; and thermal

imaging into a single, intelligent camera. The video management sotware can

use new technology as well as extend the lie o older camera technology,

to better utilise the hospitals current assets and recording solutions. Digital

video recorders (DVR) and network video recorders (NVR) can be managed

and utilised in both distributed and centralised command and control

environments. They have the ability to locate data, process images, and

transmit vital inormation immediately with the ease o graphical user interaces

and interpretive sotware.

The advent o video analytics brings additional fexibility and increased

productivity to the security personnel that monitor and administer the video

surveillance system. When an analytic is active, it can send an alarm or

warning message or video to remote locations and mobile devices. The

analytics sotware can provide specic and detailed inormation regarding

events and the type o alarm conditionocusing on what is truly important

and reducing the amount o alse alarms.

The command and control centre can display only the video required or a

specic alarm or condition, based on the individual event, the location at

the healthcare acility and the security parameters established. Technology

can provide the responding security personnel the situational awareness

knowledge, so they can more eectively and saely remedy the incident.

The concept o being able to view and record any camera, at any time, rom any

location is undamental in optimizing hospital security with video surveillance.