6 Immediate Benefits Of IP Video Solutions For Healthcare

By Alexandra Jones, Account Executive, VectorUSA

Hospitals and medical centers face increasing challenges in the protection of staff, patients, and visitors, creating a demand for IP video solutions that are intuitive, scalable, and affordable. Effective and well-designed IP video solutions provide immediate benefits that can dramatically reduce unnecessary costs and liability, beyond basic security applications, while improving the flexibility of the system.

Here are six immediate benefits of IP video solutions for healthcare:

1. Centralized Patient Observation. Healthcare facility patient observers monitor patients with a higher risk of falling, suicide, or who are confused or agitated. A patient observer’s sole responsibility is to notify hospital staff when the patient engages in potentially dangerous behavior. The cost of an observer is often an unreimbursed expense; some healthcare facilities must ask the patient’s family to provide sitters, imposing a burden for working family members. Healthcare organizations can lower the costs of patient observation using high-definition (HD) video surveillance and two-way communications. A single patient observer can monitor several patients one at a time and have immediate communication with patients and staff in the event of an emergency.

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