With 210,000 consultations and 185,000 treatments per year, almost 4,000 employees in 200,000 square metres of buildings; the hospital in Boras is one of Sweden's biggest hospitals located near Goteborg. That demands top security, which is managed with an IP video surveillance platform from Milestone Systems.
With 33,000 inpatient admissions per year, there is high activity on many levels around the clock at the hospital in Boras. Security is a critical parameter to ensure that daily processes run as effectively and problem-free as possible for both the staff and the patients. The hospital's safety measures include a security system based on a video surveillance platform that operates almost 100 cameras.
Security Manager Jan-Ola Hoglund believes that security in a hospital basically has to do with people and human nature.
"Just last year alone, clinical personnel activated 536 assault alarms concerning angry patients and people who were under the influence of alcohol or drugs. These are the kinds of cases where we come in as security staff and really appreciate having the video surveillance, which we also use as documentation material for the police," says Jan-Ola Hoglund, Security Manager at the hospital in Boras.
Previously, the hospital used analogue video monitoring equipment but along with new developments they have replaced most of that with surveillance based on digital IP network video management software from Milestone Systems. In cooperation with the security company Niscayah, the hospital in Boras contacted Milestone in 2004 to learn more about the company's market-leading video platform, and installed it with 34 cameras shortly thereafter - a number that increased to 94 by the summer of 2010. The cameras represent a mix of leading manufacturers - Axis, Bosch and Panasonic - which Milestone software easily handles. The Milestone open platform supports the widest choice in hardware: over 1,000 models from 86 companies.
Greatly reduced number of police reports
