by Rebecca Walker — July 30, 2010—The Christus Santa Rosa Health System has overhauled its access control system at five of its hospital campuses throughout South-Central Texas. The five hospitals, with more than 1,100 beds, needed to transition more than 210 doors to a new access control system.
The hospital chose to transition its access control system to Brivo OnSite SE/XE. One of the most critical factors for Hart was determining how the hospital would manage two separate systems during the transition.
“We were going to have to have the system run parallel (to the existing system) and the biggest component was making sure we got it up and running before we eliminated the other system,” he said. In order to manage this process, Hart said it took a considerable amount of communication and coordination with Brivo as well as various departments in the hospital.
The security department developed shared policies and procedures so employees who work in more than one of the hospital’s facilities don’t have to learn new protocol. And now the systems in all five hospitals rely on a centralized dispatch center.
For more information, see the Brivo Web site.
