HID Global's Unique Insights and Advantages in Safeguard Construction

The large medical institutions with advanced medical technologies in the world recognize that adopting innovative technologies and solutions can increase the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment and provide better services for patients. These large medical institutions pay great attention to technology and have adopted HID solutions. By integrating security systems into customers' IT networks and HR systems, HID solutions can simplify the management of hospital HR processes.

HID Global is a trusted leader in providing access control and ID management solutions for secure identity delivery. HID Global is committed to using technology-based access control solutions, distribution solutions, embedded technology solutions, and logistics technology solutions to create customer value worldwide.

As a major manufacturer of security identity solutions and contactless smart card technology for physical access control, HID is more favored than other brands in the comprehensive utilization of physical and logical access control. In addition, the company also develops, manufactures and sells ID components, products and services commonly used in ID and e-passports, corporate access control, supply chain management, animal labelling, financial transactions, transportation, and various industrial or manufacturing solutions.

HID expands the flexibility of its products by incorporating multi-technology capabilities into its entire product line. Users of HID products can choose a combination of specific technologies that best meet their needs for different applications; or they can increase security levels by adopting multiple technologies on each door.

This enables users to seamlessly upgrade to new technologies and add new applications. For added security, users can integrate photo IDs or anti-counterfeiting processes (such as holographic or ultraviolet fluorescent inks) onto their vouchers.

HID's products are sold through a global network of well-established OEMs, distributors, and integrators. End users of HID products and solutions include companies and organizations that need to protect or control their information or people in virtually all industry sectors. These industries include government, medical, retail, industrial, commercial, airport/port, financial, and educational institutions.

HID Global Asia Pacific Managing Director: Qiu Yaxi

HID Global's Unique Insights and Advantages in Hospital Security Construction

A medical group with multiple hospitals, thousands of doctors, and many employees urgently needs to deploy access control, information management, and facilities management systems. Over the past decade, the focus on protecting the privacy of patients, keeping medical records (HIPAA) and controlling access have become indispensable indicators for re-evaluation of hospital management.

Leading companies in the medical industry have purchased HID products to ensure hospital safety through control of access to sensitive areas such as baby rooms, pharmacies and clinics. As the world's leading provider of access control and security identity solutions, HID can provide solutions for the specific needs of medical facility management.

The basic magnetic stripe card for time and attendance systems is now being upgraded to a multi-application smart card. In this way, security access control, IT login, restaurant POS and other applications can be implemented in hospitals through a single card. Through the use of HID's many third-party application vendors' products, hospitals can implement a variety of identity-based applications on HID cards.

The large medical institutions with advanced medical technologies in the world recognize that adopting innovative technologies and solutions can increase the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment and provide better services for patients. These large medical institutions pay great attention to technology and have adopted HID solutions. By integrating security systems into customers' IT networks and HR systems, HID solutions can simplify the management of hospital HR processes.

With HID technology, hospitals can provide people with better medical services.

HID Global has its own unique products and solutions in hospital security construction. The following will introduce HID Global's products and solutions in hospital security.

Application of Non-contact Smart Card Technology in Hospital Security

In the past few years, the healthcare industry has become increasingly dependent on information technology. Contactless smart card technology has been used in other industries for many years and is currently helping the healthcare industry solve some of the long-standing and thorny problems: protecting patients and employees, as well as patients' confidential personal data.

In the past, it was easy for intruders to get in and out of the hospital and to randomly enter areas where they should have only authorized employees to get involved. In a few cases, there are security risks - for example, babies have been stolen from a pediatric ward. The contactless smart card can solve this access control problem by encrypting data and allowing some employees to gain and remove hierarchical access to each building. For example, a cardiothoracic surgeon may only need access to the operating room, whereas the receptionist may need access to all wards in the hospital.

Medical professionals may also need smart cards to access sensitive patient data on the Web. Therefore, the use of a smart card to control the computer desktop login not only protects the patient's personal information, but also improves efficiency. If doctors only need a smart card to log into the IT system, they can avoid wasting time by recalling and entering user names and passwords, saving time in caring for patients and storing and managing patient data in a safe and secure manner.

Smart cards are classified as contactless or contactless and provide three levels of security: single-factor authentication, two-factor authentication, and three-factor authentication. With one-factor authentication, you can log in to the system or enter the building as long as you use a smart card. Two-factor authentication is the most common smart card verification method in UK hospitals. It also uses personal identification numbers (PINs) and smart cards to increase security. Three-factor authentication goes one step further by using not only PIN codes but also other security measures such as biometrics. The contactless smart card has traditionally been used only for access control and is now also being used in computer desktop logins.

This technology has a great influence on infection control. We have all noticed that antibacterial hand sanitizers have been placed at the entrance of all wards in hospitals, and everyone has seen posters of the bird flu prevention that the government has distributed to various households. Imagine a doctor who had visited 20 patients in five wards within a few hours of visiting the house. During this time, she arrived in different areas of the hospital and logged in different computer systems. It is easy for us to understand how the infection has spread through these contacts. The contactless smart card only needs to be swiped in front of the reader, which plays a key role in limiting the infection. After all, if you do not touch the card reader when you swipe your card, you can effectively prevent the spread of germs.

Non-contact smart technology has so many advantages that it is easy to use. However, some hospitals still use the most basic security access control: magnetic stripe cards store magnetic data on the back of the card.

Although magnetic stripe cards are inexpensive to produce, they are more expensive to maintain. When the magnetic stripe card is in contact with the card reader during card insertion, debris attached to the card will inevitably fall on the card reader and the contact strips in the card reader. But also vulnerable to electromagnetic interference, easy to wear and break: use over time will cause the card on the magnetic stripe wear, and ultimately lead to failure. This type of card is limited by data storage capabilities. In comparison, smart cards have more powerful storage capabilities. At present, some smart cards have up to 164K of memory.

However, the biggest drawback of the magnetic stripe card is that the card information is easy to copy. A magnetic card reader can be purchased at a shop on the street, and a card reader can be used to extract the information on the card and then use this information to copy numerous cards.

Many hospitals will consider the cost of upgrading to a contactless smart card system. Hospital administrators may need to choose between upgrading access control and computer desktop login systems and adding 30 beds. However, effective infection control or delivery room security is not measured by money.

When you weigh the costs and benefits of contactless smart card technology, you must first consider the value that the technology can provide to the healthcare industry, save time and money, and protect patients and employees and their personal data. The contactless smart card that is convenient and safe to carry is gradually becoming an important tool to guarantee the actual security and privacy of confidential electronic information.

HID Global Hospital Security Access Control Solution Case - First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University

The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, formerly known as Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Hospital, was approved by the State Council for approval in 1978. It aims to provide health services for the majority of Chinese citizens and overseas Chinese, and to cultivate medical excellence for the community. The hospital is a teaching base for clinical medicine at Jinan University, with over 1,100 professional and technical personnel, and 43 specialties and 850 beds. It is a comprehensive hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, prevention, health care and rehabilitation. . The hospital will soon build a new hospital building of 72,000 square meters, implement digital and networked hospital construction, and step up investment in high-level medical equipment and safety management systems to improve the overall medical level and hospital safety in Guangdong Province.

challenge

The hospital staff of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University had patients, visiting relatives and accompanying staff. The huge flow of people and the special population structure brought a lot of difficulties to hospital safety management. Intruders can easily get in and out of the hospital and have free access to areas where they should only have access to authorized employees. This can pose a security risk – for example, stealing babies from a pediatric ward. Therefore, in the hospital entrance and exit safety management, it is necessary to meet the dual needs of opening up and protecting the rescue scene at the same time.

In addition, safety management in key areas such as hospital drug rooms, operating rooms and intensive care units is a top priority. Any safety hazard or accidental intrusion can trigger major safety accidents. Therefore, the access control system for the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University needs to include the following:

Graded authorization, limited time entry and exit: key areas such as drug rooms and operating rooms need to be managed in grades, time, and locations to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering.

Future expansion: The hospital will refurbish the old building and build a new building at the same time. Therefore, in addition to meeting the application requirements at the current stage, the access control system must be able to expand in the future, eliminating the need to reinstall the system's investment in the future.

solution

HID access control solution adopts a centralized management and decentralized control network structure. Through the hospital's TCP/IP network, the access points in each district are connected to the central management platform to monitor important areas such as drug rooms, operating rooms, and important wards and administrative areas. Implement rights management to limit the access rights and time limits of personnel.

iCLASSR10 readers are installed at the access control points in all regions. When employees want to enter the controlled area, they need to authenticate the card. Each card is set with authority to restrict access time and area for medical staff and other workers. For example, the key ward and operation room are limited to doctors and related medical staff. The management of the drug room is based on the duty schedule, and the permission of the cards held by the staff of the drug room is set to ensure that the authorized personnel enter during the permit period to prevent accidental and malicious intrusion.

The iCLASSR10 reader at each access point is connected to the network access controller VertXV1000 through the field controller VertX100, and then to the central management station via TCP/IP. Administrators can use system software to set different levels and permissions to implement permission settings for each access point, data browsing and query, and data backup. When the management center computer fails, all entrances and exits can still work normally offline, and the card reading and access control switch will not be affected.

At the same time, the system can automatically record the card information of personnel, including: employee number, name, department, position, etc., as well as the time and place of entry, through the analysis, screening and processing of the data of the card reader, statistical lateness, early retirement, absenteeism, abnormal situation, etc. Overtime and vacations. Managers can also generate various reports for attendance and schedule management.

Evaluation:

Zhao Gong, the Department of Infrastructure Construction of the Judas Affiliated Hospital, said that after comparing many domestic and foreign brands, HIDGlobal selected its products in consideration of leading technology, perfect market support and lifelong repairs. HID Global products comply with a number of international security technology standards. Data encryption and dual authentication are used between iCLASS cards and iCLASS readers to ensure the need for security management in key areas.

In addition, HID Global's access control solution has a good openness, can easily and easily achieve capacity expansion and hardware interchange, and flexible configuration of systems of all sizes and grades to meet the needs of hospital expansion in the future. In the future, if the hospital needs to further improve its security level, it can incorporate biometrics, two-door interlocking, anti-return and other functions in the system, and it can also cooperate with various fire/alarm systems to ensure hospital safety in all aspects. HID Global's access control solution can be developed into a single card for computer desktop login, consumer systems and parking management.