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6 questions schools should ask before purchasing a Visitor Management System
Monday, March 2, 2015 by Paul Kazlauskas
School security is serious business. In light of some horrifying incidents over the past 15 years, schools across America have made the security of their students and staff a top priority. Schools need to know who is in their building and stop unwanted visitors from entering their facility. Visitor Management Systems (VMS) are the #1 tool used by administrators to record who is, or was, in the school at any point in time and provide documentation of any particular visitor’s ...
The importance of a visitor management system in healthcare facilities
Friday, February 27, 2015 by Josette Lumbruno
Did you hear about the visitor who entered a restricted hospital room without a visitor badge? You didn’t? Great! That means the hospital was following correct visitor management protocol. With today’s health insurance premiums and medical expenses, we are often more concerned with the cost of healthcare than the safety and security of the patients who receive it and the professionals who provide it. There was a time during my younger years when the doctor would make a house ...
What is direct thermal printing and how do I choose a printer?
Monday, February 16, 2015 by Paul Kazlauskas
Direct thermal printing uses a thermal print head that applies heat to the surface being printed. This type of printing uses chemically treated, heat-sensitive labels or paper that blacken when they pass under the thermal print head. Unlike with thermal transfer printing, no ribbon is used in direct thermal printing. Direct thermal printers also don’t use ink or toner. Because of this, direct thermal printers can’t print in color.Direct thermal images may fade over time, ...
Biometrics: what they are and how they work
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 by Paul Kazlauskas
One of the hot, emerging trends in the security industry involves the use of biometrics. Biometric authentication involves ways of identifying people using a person’s unique physical characteristics such as fingerprints, facial structure, eyes, or voice. These identifiers are a distinct and unique way to recognize, describe and measure individuals. Biometric authentication of identity is very hard to forge and that is why it is being incorporated more and more in the field of access ...
Top 5 reasons why Doctor's Offices love the Confidential Patient Sign-In Book
Thursday, February 5, 2015 by Paul Kazlauskas
While a patient sign-in book is used at the front desk of many doctor’s offices, it is utilized to track much more than a patient’s arrival. The form protects the doctor as well. The sign-in document proves a patient was in the office on a precise date and is necessary to avoid any claims of fraud from insurance companies. In addition, a disgruntled patient may claim they were billed for a medical procedure or medical services on a day they were not actually in the ...
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