Background:

Suburban Hospital is a 228 bed community-owned hospital serving Montgomery County and the surrounding area since 1943. It is the cornerstone of the Suburban Hospital Healthcare System, a not-for-profit healthcare provider that distinguishes itself through service and clinical excellence, affiliations with the National Institute of Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine and state-of-the-art technology.

Until 2000, Suburban Hospital used a proprietary access control system that was no longer going to be supported by the original dealer. The Hospital retained Securityhunter to develop a new access control and video system that would accommodate its 2,500 card users and multiple gate operators.

System Highlights:

Suburban Hospital had not committed funding for an entirely new system and did not want to disrupt its operation by re-badging their very busy medical professionals. Securityhunter’s solution: developed a plan to upgrade & customize the existing access control system. Using the existing infrastructure, Securityhunter engineered a design plan that worked with the existing wiring, allowing the entire staff to continue the use of their existing badges for access. Securityhunter replaced the entire access control system in less than days and installed dozens of Pelco video cameras around the facility shortly after.

Results:

Suburban Hospital having saved a significant amount of money using their existing wiring and is fortunate to have a service provider who could develop and maintain a customized upgrade solution. Securityhunter worked with Keyscan, the access control manufacturer, to develop software to import the files. Most important was the time saved, not requiring all cardholders to retake their photo images and process new access cards.