Axis brings body cameras to CoxHealth security workforce

With the goal of reducing assaults and incidents in this southwest Missouri health care network (EU), His security employees wear body cameras Axis Communications.

Created more than a century ago in the American town of Springfield, CoxHealth has become the main healthcare network from southwest Missouri, with a presence in twenty-five counties, where it has six hospitals, more than eighty health centers and five emergency centers.

As in other medical centers throughout the country, in CoxHealth heal dealing with workplace aggression almost every day. “Violence in the health sector has always existed, especially that generated by patients - explains Alan Butler, director of public safety and security systems at CoxHealth-. However, in the last two years, “We have observed how the level of violence and the number of attacks have increased exponentially”.

Given this situation, CoxHealth officials decided equip your safety and security employees with body cameras to record incidents and help them minimize the seriousness of each case and false allegations of questionable action on their part.

The first technology tested did not have positive results, as Butler emphasizes: “the devices were quite delicate and the recordings were not of good quality”, until they verified that the Axis body cameras responded to their needs.

These devices have added a layer of security at CoxHealth and are added to the hundreds of cameras from this same manufacturer that are installed in its hospitals and health centers..

“We have been standardizing systems with the Axis portfolio for more than a decade. “We have gradually replaced older analog cameras and video encoders with the latest technologies from this company.”, explains Matt Haley, of NetWatch, project integration company.

In this sense, by strategically installing the multi-sensor cameras of the serie P37 by Axis, CoxHealth obtiene Greater outdoor coverage with fewer devices and license fees. Besides, los Q-line PTZ models Help the security team capture the license plates of vehicles entering and leaving the facility.

The cameras Axis M31, with large field of vision, Optimize surveillance of strategic CoxHealth spaces, such as waiting areas and hallways with automatic medication dispensing cabinets.

Another of the benefits highlighted by Butler with the deployment of these body cameras is the easy downloading of recorded videos. When an employee ends his shift, just place the device in a Axis docking station what, automatically, downloads the video and sends it to the server. The docking station also recharges the camera so it is ready for the next operator in a matter of minutes.

Another requirement that this Axis technology has met is its Integration with video management platform Genetec que CoxHealth. “We didn't want to acquire an independent system,” says Butler.. NetWatch, our security systems integrator, got it. The solution allows us to optimize the investment in cameras without affecting security and protection.. To date, “There has been no conflict between the employees and the corresponding recordings”.