Treviglio Hospital Trust: Taking Care of Compliance

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Treviglio Hospital Trust: Taking care of compliance

Background – ensuring that hospitals are external use (DCS-3110) and antiintrusion sys- safe tems, which are managed entirely by a single control post; more than 40 PoE (Power over The Treviglio Hospital Trust was formed in Ethernet) Switches, 24 ports + 2 Gigabit uplink January 1998 and comprises four hospitals ports (DES-1228P) that supply and centralise in Lombardy, Italy: the Treviglio-Caravaggio the management of the video cameras; and hospital in Treviglio, the ‘S.S. Trinità’ hospital in approximately 40 Network Video Recorders Romano, the ‘F.M. Passi’ hospital in Calcinate (NVR) (DNS-726-4) used to archive images and and the ‘Ospedale Civile’ in San Giovanni Bianco videos temporarily. (BG). In addition to these hospitals, all of which have an inpatient department, there are seven D-Link DES-1228P Smart Switches are integ- outpatient units that provide health care in the rated into the hospital’s IP video surveillance “ This innovative video province of Bergamo and also in the neighbou- system. In addition to managing network surveillance alarm sys- ring provinces of Milan, Cremona and Brescia. access, increasing safety and providing tem, which meets the The Treviglio Hospital Trust also includes two Ethernet connectivity, they supply D-Link DCS- psychiatric units and five neuro-psychiatric 3110 video cameras using PoE (Power over highest modern quality units for children, which have approximately Ethernet) technology. The IEEE 802.3af Power standards, will make it 900 beds. over Ethernet standard permits the supply of possible to monitor the connected devices via a network cable, thereby reducing the network cable and the number of safety of relevant infra- The Challenge – balancing security and power sockets. structure in real time.” compliance D-Link DNS-726-4 NVRs (Network Video Dr Cesare Ercole, The trust was faced with the challenge of how Recorders) are installed into the hospital’s Director-General to guarantee the safety of its patients, depen- video surveillance system and replace the Treviglio Hospital Trust dants and visitors, and protect its hospitals corresponding DVR (Digital Video Recorder) against theft and vandalism, whilst also to enable images and films to be recorded complying with new Italian privacy regulations using cameras in continuous mode, either on that strictly control the use of video images of a scheduled or by event basis using Motion sick people. Detection. The latest regulations stipulate that images of The capacity of D-Link DNS-726-4 hard disks ill people in hospitals and care centres must provides maximum flexibility for the duration not be broadcast and, where it is necessary of video recording, with the possibility of to monitor patients constantly (for example, more than 30 days continuous recording. during resuscitation), locally connected Using a Gigabit Ethernet port, the NVR enables monitors must not be accessible to the inter-connection with the LAN network, public. They also dictate there must be signs indicating the presence of video cameras in all providing authorised users with remote areas covered by closed circuit television, and access and an automatic connection to the they define the maximum period of time for monitor control room. Access to the NVR is keeping recordings. password-protected and it is possible to create different access profiles for users. The layout of remote NVR sites enables local video surveil- The solution – IP Surveillance is the lance monitoring which reduces the impact on remedy the network’s geographical support structure. This also creates more remotely connected The D-Link IP Surveillance solution adopted by control points through the existing network, the Lombardy Hospital Trust comprises more which are linked to a centralised control point. than 130 IP video cameras for internal and

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The Benefit – looking out for patients to the video cameras. As a result and thanks and regulation to its extreme flexibility and modularity, this IP Surveillance solution enabled easy The IP networked tele-cameras use ‘progressive implementation and made it possible to get scanning’ technology, which ensures a clear the maximum potential from the existing capture, even of moving objects. They use infrastructures, while minimising management, mega-pixel resolution which guarantees more maintenance and integration costs. detailed images and greater coverage; they provide images/film in digital format which The new solution comprises ten structures significantly reduces the amount of space spread throughout the sites and a ‘control “ The IP networked required for archiving old video tapes and also room’, which is linked to the Management tele-cameras use ‘progres- means that images can be viewed remotely, Centre. It enables managers to maintain even via a mobile phone or 3G device. An compliance with privacy regulations by restric- sive scanning’ technology, anti-intrusion system applied to hospital ting access to monitored areas, monitoring cor- which ensures a clear corridors integrates effortlessly into the IP ridors, setting user rights for accessing files and capture, even of moving video surveillance system, and fits easily into recordings, screening external connections Objects.” digital exit points with a direct connection and enabling the safe recording of data.

Dr Cesare Ercole, Director-General Treviglio Hospital Trust