Healthcare security and patient safety

Current industry challenges

Healthcare facilities care about improving the safety of their patients, staff, and facilities. With rising security costs, administrators want to optimize their operational efficiency. Theft and loss of medication and equipment also continue to be a common problem.

The healthcare industry is looking for the enhanced benefits of video security and analytics. Moreover, every hospital or medical provider strives to implement the best safety procedures and technologies while maintaining a welcoming and pleasant environment.

Integrated surveillance, analytics, and access control solutions help medical institutions protect patients proactively. Additionally, smart video security solutions can locate misplaced or stolen objects (machines, patient devices, medicine, vehicles, etc.) and track high-risk patients. They also play a pivotal role in increasing facilities’ operational efficiency. Add audio analytics to the mix, and security administrators and their operators are equipped to address cases of employee or visitor aggression, fire safety, and other emergency management risks immediately.

Anomaly detection in real-time

Our pervasive, integrated video analytics use machine-learning to give an enhanced understanding of all your cameras’ feeds. The staff can use the dynamic Video view with Spotlight that brings only the relevant feeds to their attention. In unusual activity cases, the operators can immediately respond when e.g. a high-risk patient leaves his room unattended or visitors are wandering in prohibited areas.

Increased situational awareness

Add maps of your facilities and rooms to keep track of high-risk patients’, visitors’, and staff’s exact location. Maps include Smart Presence™, a capability that lets you track them as they move through your facilities. Combine with access control to locate patients and staff in critical moments. Administrators can also have a clear picture across their locations to improve patient care and daily operations.

Integrated directional audio analytics

Equipped with directional acoustic sensors, Ava Dome and 360 notify security and healthcare professionals instantly in cases of loud noises, screaming, glass breaking, and even gunshots. Security operators can detect and contain verbal aggression or violence against staff or get alerted when patients need medical assistance.

Quick search within minutes

Operators can find visual evidence to prove or disprove liability claims fast and accurately, or whether hygiene protocol compliance is followed correctly. Smart Search™ allows personnel to search by appearance, events, objects, similarity, or image. Our Ava Aware video management system integrates with access control systems through the generic access control API. Get a clear picture of historical entries and exits of patients, staff, and the video associated with it.

Key benefits

Build from existing investment while retaining privacy

Integrates with existing cameras
Hundreds of hours saved in forensic searches
Add access control to extend capabilities
Video and metadata storage remains on-premises
Full site survivability and local access

Save storage and money

Decrease storage demands automatically with Smart recording
Reduce bandwidth consumption on critical links with AI-based optimization
Support both on-premises and cloud within a single deployment
Up to 200 cameras per Ava appliance—small footprint support for larger hospital networks