The BEEKs duress badge beacon addresses the growing need to protect doctors, nurses and other caregivers from threatening situations that arise in the hospital environment.

Vector Security Networks officially expanded its healthcare market presence with a focused strategy initially targeting urgent care facilities, retail clinics, and the services segment including dialysis centers and testing laboratories.

This past July a man entered the emergency room at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, Fla., proceeded to the third floor of the hospital, and shot and killed an 88-year-old patient and a 36-year-old hospital employee, apparently in a random act of violence.

Security concerns for healthcare institutions are unlike those of any other market segment.

With terrorist attacks in recent years recognizable by city name —