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We write articles mainly about visitor management, which helps you to know who is (or has been) in your facility. It is just part of an organization’s physical security processes that protect people and property within and around a building or campus.

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Pro's and Con's of a Manual Visitor Sign-In System

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 by Paul Kazlauskas

Placeholder A manual visitor sign-in system is a handwritten way of identifying and tracking the visitors that come into any school, healthcare facility, or business. This system usually consists of a visitor filling out a visitor’s badge to be worn while on the premises. Occasionally, there is a log book to fill out that provides a record of the visitor’s stay, logging such items as their name, the date, time in, time out, and person visiting/destination. Many manual visitor badges are ...

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Pro's and Con's of an Electronic Visitor Management System

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 by Paul Kazlauskas

PlaceholderBefore you choose a visitor management system, think about what you want your system to do — such as identify visitors, track visitors, access background information, and/or issue reports. Electronic visitor management systems (VMS) are used to sign-in and track visitors who come to visit a facility. They are the electronic version of the traditional visitor sign-in book. There are numerous Pro's and Con's to having an electronic visitor management system and each list should be ...

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The most affordable way to have "time-expiring" visitor badges

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 by Paul Kazlauskas

PlaceholderSchools, healthcare facilities, and businesses across America have a responsibility to maintain a secure environment. They are accountable for protecting their students, patients, staff, employees, and visitors. The need for security is becoming greater and more expensive at a time when security budgets are getting tighter and tighter. Every facility across our country is looking for their respective security budgets to be stretched as far as they could go. Requiring your visitors to sign ...

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6 questions schools should ask before purchasing a Visitor Management System

Monday, March 2, 2015 by Paul Kazlauskas

PlaceholderSchool security is serious business. In light of some horrifying incidents over the past 15 years, schools across America have made the security of their students and staff a top priority. Schools need to know who is in their building and stop unwanted visitors from entering their facility. Visitor Management Systems (VMS) are the #1 tool used by administrators to record who is, or was, in the school at any point in time and provide documentation of any particular visitor’s ...

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The importance of a visitor management system in healthcare facilities

Friday, February 27, 2015 by Josette Lumbruno

PlaceholderDid you hear about the visitor who entered a restricted hospital room without a visitor badge? You didn’t? Great! That means the hospital was following correct visitor management protocol. With today’s health insurance premiums and medical expenses, we are often more concerned with the cost of healthcare than the safety and security of the patients who receive it and the professionals who provide it. There was a time during my younger years when the doctor would make a house ...

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