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Security solutions for Hospitals & healthcare 

Protecting Lives and Data: The Importance of Security in Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities


Security is of utmost importance in hospitals and healthcare facilities. These institutions handle sensitive information about patients and their health conditions, and can face a variety of security threats from both external and internal threats. Healthcare facilities also store valuable assets like medical equipment, medicines, and confidential data, which makes them susceptible to theft and vandalism. 

Ensuring the safety of staff, patients, and visitors is crucial in these facilities, and security measures can help prevent incidents like violence, theft, and unauthorized access. Therefore, implementing comprehensive security solutions is essential to protect lives, data, and assets in hospitals and healthcare facilities. 

patient and staff safety is paramount.

Dahua Smart Healthcare Solution uses video perception, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and digital visualisation applications. They focus on two core components of patient care and safety, to achieve a greater nursing efficiency and create a safety environment for staff and patients alike. 

Dahua provides multiple services for patients and effective support for hospital operations, reducing the workload of staff and improving the level of healthcare safety management.

Key challenges.

Patient Care
  • Lack of nurse resources and the need for effective solutions to help improve efficiency
  • Lack of remote monitoring methods in some special cases (e.g. epidemic ward)
  • Difficult to find incidents such as falling down for elderly or disabled patients

Safety and Security
  • Too much vehicle and foot traffic in and out of the hospital brings greater difficulty in security management
  • Lack of quick and effective investigation methods after an incident
  • Ensuring a safety environment for hospital/nursing home staff and patients

Solution Overview

systems structure overview.

Fast Investigations.

Identifying 20+ Attributes: 

  • Face: 6

  • Human: 8

  • Non-motor Vehicle: 6

  • Motor Vehicle: 7

  • AI technology helps classify all objects, including people, motor vehicles, and non-motor vehicles.

  • Allows tracking of human/vehicle targets if needed.

  • Provides Big Data for further analysis.

ALARMS.

  • Integrates AI sensor, panic buttons, platform and mobile terminal to set up an entire emergency management system, allowing the security personnel to respond in time and reduce safety risks.
  • Equipped with perimeter protection technology to detect intruders inside the hospital/nursing home.
  • Install panic buttons with cameras or emergency calls in some areas such as nurse stations, reception desks, etc. to get timely support.

VEHICLE SECURITY.

  •  Adopts ANPR and barrier gates for vehicle management at entrance and exit gates with higher efficiency.

  • Supports displaying of vehicle plate number, number of available parking spaces, welcome messages, and other information on the screen.

  • Provides visual reports of vehicles entering the hospital or nursing home.


  • Dahua's range of PTZ products include different resolutions, lenses, and optical zoom capabilities that can be used to monitor outdoor parking lots.
  • Auto tracking can automatically zoom and track the target according to the pre-set rules.
  • Starlight+ technology offers best-in-class light sensitivity that can capture colour details in low light environment (down to 0.005 lux), making it ideal for night monitoring.

Outpatient Hall.

  • One camera covers the whole scene and provides a 360° degree view
  • Supports people counting and queue detection

Emergency.

  • Corner cameras are easy to install
  • Support privacy masking
  • Can be customised to add an LED signal

Corridor.

  • One camera can cover two directions
  • Supports perimeter protection and people counting

Centre Management. 

Security solutions for Hospitals & healthcare 

Protecting Lives and Data: The Importance of Security in Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities


Security is of utmost importance in hospitals and healthcare facilities. These institutions handle sensitive information about patients and their health conditions, and can face a variety of security threats from both external and internal threats. Healthcare facilities also store valuable assets like medical equipment, medicines, and confidential data, which makes them susceptible to theft and vandalism. 

Ensuring the safety of staff, patients, and visitors is crucial in these facilities, and security measures can help prevent incidents like violence, theft, and unauthorized access. Therefore, implementing comprehensive security solutions is essential to protect lives, data, and assets in hospitals and healthcare facilities. 

patient and staff safety is paramount.

Dahua Smart Healthcare Solution uses video perception, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and digital visualisation applications. They focus on two core components of patient care and safety, to achieve a greater nursing efficiency and create a safety environment for staff and patients alike. 

Dahua provides multiple services for patients and effective support for hospital operations, reducing the workload of staff and improving the level of healthcare safety management.



Key challenges.

Patient Care
  • Lack of nurse resources and the need for effective solutions to help improve efficiency
  • Lack of remote monitoring methods in some special cases (e.g. epidemic ward)
  • Difficult to find incidents such as falling down for elderly or disabled patients

Safety and Security
  • Too much vehicle and foot traffic in and out of the hospital brings greater difficulty in security management
  • Lack of quick and effective investigation methods after an incident
  • Ensuring a safety environment for hospital/nursing home staff and patients

Solution Overview

systems structure overview.

Fast Investigations.

Identifying 20+ Attributes: 

  • Face: 6

  • Human: 8

  • Non-motor Vehicle: 6

  • Motor Vehicle: 7

  • AI technology helps classify all objects, including people, motor vehicles, and non-motor vehicles.

  • Allows tracking of human/vehicle targets if needed.

  • Provides Big Data for further analysis.

Alarms.

  • Intergrates AI sensor, panic buttons, platform and mobile terminal to set up an entire emergency management system, allowing the security personnel to respond in time and reduce safety risks.
  • Equipped with perimeter protection technology to detect intruders inside the hospital/nursing home.
  • Install panic buttons with cameras or emergency calls in some areas such as nurse stations, reception desks, etc. to get timely support.

Vehicle Security.

  •  Adopts ANPR and barrier gates for vehicle management at entrance and exit gates with higher efficiency.

  • Supports displaying of vehicle plate number, number of available parking spaces, welcome messages, and other information on the screen.

  • Provides visual reports of vehicles entering the hospital or nursing home.

  • Dahua's range of PTZ products include different resolutions, lenses, and optical zoom capabilities that can be used to monitor outdoor parking lots.
  • Auto tracking can automatically zoom and track the target according to the pre-set rules.
  • Starlight+ technology offers best-in-class light sensitivity that can capture colour details in low light environment (down to 0.005 lux), making it ideal for night monitoring.

Outpatient Hall.

  • One camera covers the whole scene and provides a 360° degree view
  • Supports people counting and queue detection

Emergency.

  • Corner cameras are easy to install
  • Support privacy masking
  • Can be customised to add an LED signal

Corridor.

  • One camera can cover two directions
  • Supports perimeter protection and people counting

Centre Management.Â