Protecting Patients: Security Solutions in the Healthcare Sector
Safeguarding and confidentiality are crucial components within the Healthcare sector – in organisations from hospitals and pharmacies, to care homes and agencies.
With threats, such as burglaries and break-ins, individuals gaining unpermitted access to restricted areas or information, or violence towards staff and patients, posing real risk, it’s vital that those working within the sector are proactive in their approach.
But understanding current legislation, as well as navigating the ever-evolving industry landscape can be challenging. And not doing this effectively can have detrimental and costly consequences on patient data, safety, and security.
Here, we share our insights into how you can ensure you have a reliable and robust security plan in place:
Security Solutions Services
At Intrepid Solutions, we work closely with organisations to create a fully-customisable strategy, specifically tailored to your needs – both now and for the future. These bespoke plans include cutting-edge technologies, such as;
No longer just a ‘nice-to-have’, a comprehensive CCTV solution assists with deterring and detecting theft, empowering staff, boosting customer confidence, and supplying data-driven trends.
This pioneering system consists of smart motion sensors, helping you to monitor multiple residents or patients simultaneously so you can identify where your resources are required most.
A versatile range of electromechanical locks, suitable for all applications and easily accessible via a Bluetooth app.
Using intuitive interfaces, Door Access Control allows you to fortify your building and manage access permissions for employees, visitors and contractors.
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
Despite even the greatest of efforts, organisations cannot ever be completely protected from a security breach (and don’t believe anybody that tells you otherwise), so it’s fundamental that you have appropriate provisions in place to deal with such events.
Unsurprisingly, however, those that recover with minimal damage, downtime and destruction tend to be those who implement preventative measures.
But how can you reduce your risk?
Collaborating with a team of professionals who are well-versed in the sector is essential to a smooth and seamless security strategy. Not only can they identify any areas of vulnerability, implement the remedy and analyse data or results, but they can also ensure the strategy is compliant with industry regulations, aligned with your commercial objectives, and keeps patient care and employee safety at the forefront.
Then, regularly reviewing your systems and conducting maintenance or upgrades is paramount to recognising and resolving any issues – before they pose a significant risk.
Plus, should the worst happen, you can rest assured that you have a support system on-hand to help you get your business operations back up-and-running as quickly and painlessly as possible.
At Intrepid Solutions, our end-to-end security service mean you can access all of this – and more! We recognise how important it is to protect your patients – in every meaning of the word – and we’re committed to providing the comprehensive solution. For a non-obligatory chat about how you can improve your security, get in touch.