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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.
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