As security director at Sinai Hospital and Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Baltimore, Md., Parks found a unique solution – the two-wheel, new-age Segway Human Transporter. With that, the Security department at the hospitals’ regional healthcare organization, LifeBridge Health, became one of the first in the country and the first in Maryland to use Segways, as high-tech patrol devices in a healthcare environment.
Security at the hospitals must meet a high-level mission. According to Parks, the combined facilities constitute one of America’s largest Jewish hospital campuses. In addition to more typical threats, “terrorism is a consideration,” said Parks. Through the office of the vice president of campus services, LifeBridge Health won a homeland security grant that allowed for the purchase of three Segways.