The Vanguard

Sited a short distance from the San Antonio Spurs practice facility, the Texas Center for Athletes could soon be the labeled as the premier medical facility in the South Texas area.
The property which was completed in late November is composed of three stories. The facility houses state of the art medical technology to treat various injuries. The facility is also advanced when it comes to communication and record keeping duties. Medical personnel at the Sports Medicine Associates of San Antonio, which is the property’s major occupant, have wireless technology that enables them to view and modify the medical records of their clients as needed. In addition, High-definition video monitors have enabled doctors of the facility to view and keep an eye on their patients from far distances to the extent that some doctors are monitoring clients in other states. A video conference room located inside the facility, this allows the medical employees to network with other medical personnel on a how to provide better service and treatment for their injured clients.
The administrators of the facility explain that their facility was labeled as the most technologically advanced facility in the entire city; this was expected since the facility was home for physicians who were the top doctors in their field.
Although medically advanced, the facility was lacking a vital component to any facility, especially one with this sophistication, a comprehensive, state-of-the art, and security system to complement and protect the other advanced technologies at the facility.
Making the Move
The vice president of the facility quickly realized the problem and immediately started working towards a proper solution. He began investigating his options and soon realized what the security need of his facility was.
After careful observation and assessment he realized that he must equip his facility with four layers of security using card-less, guard-less and keyless security technology.
Walking through a sketch of the property also helped to see what technology was required to secure it. The finally agreed upon the use of card-less biometric readers for the medical staff, video-based license plate readers for the parking garage (key-less, card-less and guard-less), key-less proximity readers for the employees and video- supervised intercom stations for guests who often come late at the entrances to the lobbies after work hours.
The administration of the facility realized that it would be inadequate for doctors to use traditional access cards, and an old fashioned solution would not suffice, they had to look for a better technology to protect the facility. After a little effort, they were capable of providing different security standards at different entry points and even dissimilar limits at the same portal, depending on the client.
For example, the fingerprint scanners have an incorporated proximity detector, so the gate will allow entrance for an authorized employee cardholder during standard work days, but the same door may open with a doctor's fingerprint at any other time.
After making the new security system flexible and easy for users to use as well as making it complicated by adding several protection layers and added benefit is the ability to incorporate and integrate it a way to allow it to act as data manager. For instance, patient registration can be integrated with the screens of the entry cards. video surveillance can also be added to provide a supreme security experience.
The facility’s management was really pleased by the new security devices not only because it made the operations of the doctors a lot easier but also due to the easiness of administering them
According to a medical systems integration who has been working for many years in healthcare facilities, a biometric device is perfect for Doctors who don't want to deal with an access control card.
Biometric devices were also very appealing for the administration of the facility due to their valuable features such as exact time and attendance record keeping.
By doing away with the time cards and utilizing a biometric device instead to record the exact time and appearance of each employee the practice can effectively deal with its time-keeping records and assess the efforts of the doctors for bonuses, promotions and other encouragements.

Among the terrific features of biometric devices is that they deliver a basic hands-free surveillance interface not only on entry points, but also on their wireless computer systems used for electronic medical data. Medical personnel will only be required to simply swipe their fingerprint on the tablet in order to log in to either their office or medical data. This feature will greatly assist in reducing the amount of processing time and complying with the HIPPA demands.
More Bonuses
A feature that will prove to be the doctors' favorite is the video-based license plate readers. This feature will enable doctors and medical employees to swiftly enter their parking areas without the need to take out any security cards or exposing themselves to severe weather conditions.
The sad fact is that even though the Texas Center for Athletes enjoys the latest trend in medical technology, the property is still lagging behind other companies when it comes to security and surveillance technology.
Due to the busy and complicated schedule of medical physicians doctors do not have the time to keep up with the new security technology even thought this can save them remarkable amounts of financial resources.
In San Antonio, only about 10 percent of the physicians have taken advantage of the electronic medical records. Surprisingly the fact that this new technology will cause remarkable financial savings does not assist in increasing the number of its patrons. Perhaps a visual demonstration of how they will gain close to eighty thousand dollars on their investment will help to change their performance.
security dealers should intensify their efforts in advertising for the medical facilities even though some are very hesitant to adopt the new technology products. In the city of San Antonio alone, many medical practices such as Sports Medicine Associates generate economic annual revenue of more than four billion dollars in salaries and other benefits. A research conducted by the city's chamber of commerce, indicates that about one in seven employees is hired in the city in medical-related work.
The influence of the medical enterprise is so great in San Antonio to the extent that it practically influences almost all the businesses in the community. Regardless of your business location, the medical industry, with all its government mandates and laws, should serve as a major aspect of your marketing efforts.
Converging between medical technology and security devices can take extensive time and effort to take place.
Probably the most basic and important step for a security personnel to address the needs of medical facilities is to explore the weekly business publication or the business section of their local newspaper in order to locate news or advertisements about companies working on medical structure or expansion plan. Searching the World Wide Web for a local association of Microsoft certified partners or an Oracle user group is another good way to locate a potential joint venture.
Specialized groups like this can assist the security industry in finding technology associates to work together on future medical junction projects.
Advancement of security Companies
It may take time and effort for security companies to hunt down medical facilities but the effort is well worth the time. security integrators are becoming more familiar, especially for doctors with big practices and investments.
Most successful practices will usually have their own technology expert or have some technical assistant to contact in the occurrence of a technical difficulty. On the other hand, a medical administrator will still exist in the majority of smaller practices. He is usually responsible for making all the decisions for the doctor or recommendations to the doctors.
The method to changing technology and security systems must involve a carefully thought convergence between both industries to guarantee that their integration will go smoothly and professionally.