Healthcare security and life safety require a constant balancing act between securing the facility and offering an open and caring welcome environment.
Security concerns for healthcare institutions are unlike those of any other market segment. Hospitals face increasing challenges to maintaining peace and security as emergency rooms are overcrowded, language barriers create tensions, and domestic violence is on the rise. Keeping patients, staff, and physicians safe is a large concern for most hospital security executives, as is providing a friendly, calming and open design that makes patients and visitors feel at ease.
Security at the Sainte-Justine (CHU Sainte-Justine), a pediatric and obstetric university health center affiliated with the Université de Montréal, located in Montreal, Quebec, is employing security technology with appropriate training and strong policies and procedures to secure its campus, facilities and people.