Over the past 15 years the visitor management market has evolved from a simple “hello my name is” label to roaming officers processing visitors with 4G-enabled tablets and evacuation systems
Employees are currently able to pre-register guests both from their desktop and from their home computer or laptop. KGW is collaborating with Veristream to work on an app that will also allow them to do it from their cellphones in the near future.
Social spaces will be able to identify and know their inhabitants, visitors, guests, caretakers, administrators, and any other people who interact with them. This knowledge is a fundamental building block because social relationships are built on the concept of stable personal identity over time.
Badges are constructed to meet HIPAA, privacy and civil rights concerns – visitors’ last names are not included on badges, and generic room numbers are used as destination markers instead of departments (for example, badges declaring a destination of the “infectious disease” department).
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is that state’s only hospital dedicated to caring exclusively for children. The 187-bed not-for-profit facility also serves as the primary teaching hospital for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
Plans to move visitor screening to Ellis Island have been called off due to disagreements over security procedure with the Department of the Interior, local law enforcement and politicians.
For buildings with multiple entrances, including secondary ones like will call, alley doors or shipping and receiving, this touchscreen-enabled intercom system helps operators manage visitor access.
Especially in K-12 environments and in certain locations or situations within higher education, the ways that staff and security manage visitors can make a crucial difference, according to Patrick V. Fiel Sr., a recognized national campus security expert.