Yes. Programs like the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) offer federal funding for healthcare readiness and physical security enhancements. The NSGP alone allocated $210 million in 2025.
Virtual guarding combines technology (access control, intercoms, motion sensors, video) with human security guards at an off-site monitoring center. If an alert occurs, agents contact local authorities and the hospital’s security team in under 45 seconds.
Role-based credentials give staff access only to the areas necessary for their job. For example, an X-ray technician gets access to radiology and imaging rooms but not cardiac cath labs, helping hospitals prevent theft of medications or equipment and restrict sensitive areas.
The core components are access control (regulating who can enter specific areas with role-based credentials), visitor management (pre-registering and tracking guests with temporary digital badges), and video surveillance (often AI-enhanced for real-time monitoring and investigations).
Hospital violence is a significant and costly problem: healthcare workers experience 48% of all nonfatal workplace-violence injuries reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and violent crime cost hospitals $18.27 billion in 2023. Strong security protects patients, staff, equipment, and data.
Consider your current security challenges, audit your doors and entrances, estimate your number of users, define needed software features (like time-based credentials and emergency lockdown plans), evaluate integration options with other security systems, gauge user buy-in, and plan for future growth.
Every physical access control system includes a server, software database, controllers (access control panels), barriers (doors, gates, turnstiles), readers, locks, and credentials. Understanding each component helps compare systems from different manufacturers.
The three most popular credential types are key cards (lower security, easy to lose), biometric access control (highest security, uses fingerprints or facial recognition), and smartphone access control (medium security, convenient and less often misplaced than a card).
Cloud-based access control stores data on third-party servers, offering high scalability and easy remote access with low upfront costs. On-premises systems are managed entirely in-house for maximum control and privacy but have higher maintenance and upfront costs. Hybrid access control blends both, allowing local control during outages while still offering cloud-based remote management.
Physical access control is the process used to allow or deny entry to a specific area, ranging from a simple door lock to a keycard-operated office elevator to a gated community with security guards.
Popular manufacturers include HID Global, Brivo, LenelS2, Avigilon, Genetec, LiftMaster, DoorKing (DKS), and HySecurity, each offering different strengths in credentials, cloud connectivity, or heavy-duty industrial gate operation.
Core equipment includes gates (swing, slide, or vertical lift), access control panels and software, video surveillance, gate openers or controllers, and two-way intercoms. Each component can be customized based on facility size and security needs.
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