MedStar Health Vendor Access Program: Safety At Its Finest

Imagine a vendor representative is sent to a medical facility to make a delivery, but instead is flagged a potential patient safety risk as they are missing proper security credentials! This situation could easily be avoided by implementing a vendor badging program, which requires vendor representatives to provide background checks, drug testing, health information, and proof of education.

At CardQuest.com, we proudly offer MedStar Health Vendor Access so you can perform your job without any problem. It’s crucial for medical facilities to follow the strictest security guidelines, and vendors must obey these guidelines. A Vendor Access card will allow vendors to present the proper credentials to enter a facility and make a delivery.

If getting your MedStar Health Vendor Access card is something that must happen immediately, it’s important to read our FAQs and ensure you have the proper documentation to submit so your card can get printed and sent to you in a timely manner.

The MedStar Health Vendor Access Program ensures that those entering your facility have had proper background checks, and are competent in their field. With MedStar, you no longer have to deal with a lack of information and competency validation of those who are entering your health facility for any business-vendor related purposes. 

HID iClass Cards Integral to Security

HID iClass cards are an industry leader in smart card technology. They offer an enhancement of security, convenience and aesthetics. They have become an industry favorite for a wide array of uses:

·         controlling access to facilities

·         aiding mobile devices in accepting payment

·         providing security to computer network data

·         managing and securing medical information

·         tracking employee attendance

HID iClass cards are guaranteed to be compatible with HID card readers and will accommodate any secure technology needs. They can be formatted to work with a magnetic stripe, proximity, contact smart chip module, PVC or composite card body. They can be printable or non-printable, depending on your preference.  All of the cards come standard with 13.56 mHz read and write credentials. To ensure durability and to combat every day wear and tear, a clamshell card is available.

No matter what services you are looking to use your HID cards and card reader for, you can be sure to find the best of the best through CardQuest.com. Why not take the precautionary measures to securing your facility, data or other sensitive information, and even taking the next step to track your employees’ attendance or setting up mobile payment for your business with HID iClass cards and smart card technology!

Securing the Workplace

Securing the workplace should always be one of your biggest priorities. Access control is one aspect of a secure and functional work environment. Access control offers safety, privacy, accountability, and convenience.

Safety

Access control is a great way to protect clients and some employees from dangerous substances and machinery. If an employee does not work in a potentially dangerous area, there is no good reason for that employee to enter that dangerous area. With access control, only authorized employees will be able to enter certain areas of your business.

Privacy

Privacy protection is a major concern in many industries, including healthcare. Storing information requires a secure area, and access control can restrict access to sensitive storage areas. Clients and employees will appreciate your commitment to privacy.

Accountability

Many access control systems will allow you to monitor employee movements by tracking access points. Additionally, you can use access records to verify timekeeping.

Convenience

A badge lanyard is more convenient than a traditional key. The badge functions as an identification card and a key. With an access control badge, there is no need to worry about assigning, managing, and losing keys.

Access Control

Access control can effectively secure many aspects of your business. Employees and clients alike can benefit from the implementation of an access control system.

The Benefits of Utilizing Access Security in the Workplace

In today's business world, maintaining tight security in the workplace is essential. Technological advances have allowed companies to keep workplaces more secure for the safety of the employees and the protection of the company.

Benefits of Work Security

There are many benefits to using access control systems in the workplace.

• Access control keeps employees safe from people who may want to cause harm.

• Ensuring that an area is secure allows a company to store sensitive information within the workplace without having to worry about a breach.

• Restricting access to certain parts of the building allows only certain employees to enter particular areas.

Types of Access Controls

Access controls can be as simple as a locking device, but there are expanded options that are available to the modern business. A biometric identification system is intended to ensure that only people who have the authority to enter a building are able to do so. Examples of biometric identification systems include:

• Retina scanning - this type of access control requires a person to undergo a retina scan in order to enter a room, building or restricted area.

• Fingerprint scanning - people who would like to enter a restricted area that utilizes fingerprint scanning will need to place their hand on a platform before gaining access.

These unique access control options make it impossible for anyone who is not authorized to enter a restricted area. To find out more options for access control in the workplace, visit www.CardQuest.com.

Workplace Security: How Employers Benefit From Access Control Systems

It's vital for every organization to prioritize workplace security. Intruders can cause tremendous harm to a business by stealing equipment, supplies and confidential records. Data breaches may result in identity theft or reveal proprietary information to competitors. Employers need to establish multiple layers of security.

Many businesses take steps to secure the equipment in their offices. They lock filing cabinets and use password protection. However, these measures often fail to thwart determined criminals. Verizon reports that 66 percent of hackers obtain business data by guessing or stealing computer passwords.

Some firms use access control systems that bolster security by limiting entry to their workplaces. This stops former staff members and outsiders from infiltrating offices. Managers may configure the equipment to only accept maintenance and security personnel at night. Dishonest employees often commit crimes after co-workers leave the building.

Access control systems save time and money by eliminating the need to manually check each person's identification. Supervisors may instantly deny or authorize entry to specific individuals at any time. To establish this type of security system, your business needs ID card printers, readers, controllers and locks.

Card Quest offers a great selection of high-quality access control equipment. We can tailor an affordable system to suit your firm's exact needs. Our company's ID card printers range from basic models to high-end units that laminate cards and print on both sides. Please browse our online catalog to learn more.

Badge Buddies: Badges Specifically Designed for the Medical Field

The simple truth is, most of us have either spent time in the hospital ourselves, or visited someone who has. And to say that most hospital environments are hectic, confusing, and overwhelming is an understatement! While many of us get stressed about deadlines and work piling up at our jobs, for most of us our jobs are luckily not places of ‘life or death’ situations. Personally, I know I couldn’t handle that, and I applaud the countless people in the medical field who can. And speaking of those people – they hold many different roles! That is why Badge Buddies medical badges are so important.

Thinking back on a time when my mother was in the hospital for an extended stay, my mind becomes confused all over again. There were people coming in and out of her room seemingly nonstop, and they were all sharing information with us that was quite valuable and needed to not only be heard, but fully processed. That can be difficult for a patient and their family when they are experiencing physical and emotional discomfort, and keeping track of everyone and what they said is a battle unto itself. That is precisely what made it so much easier when easy-to-read badges were worn. If we wanted more information from the next person to come into the room, we could say ‘the RN told us this’ instead of ‘there was a lady in here with short brown hair, had a bit of a New York accent, ring a bell?’

Badge Buddy medical badges clearly display whether someone is a Physician, RN, LPN, or NA. And as invaluable as this information is to the patient, so they know who told them what, as well as who they should be asking what, it is also quite helpful for the hospital staff as well. Have an emergency and aren’t sure if that person is a doctor or nurse? Identifying them in an instant saves invaluable time. Heard that a new LPN started, but aren’t sure if that’s him? If he’s wearing an LPN badge and you’ve never seen him before, it probably is! And these are just a few examples of how something as seemingly small as a clear, color-coded badge can have an enormous impact for everyone involved.

If your hospital currently uses Badge Buddies and you have more insight into how they’ve helped you, please share in the comments!

ONEstep Self-Expiring TIMEbadge Solutions!

Tired of issuing temporary badges to visitors only to have them go missing? We have a simple, smart solution that just might be what you’ve been looking for – self-expiring temporary badges. Don’t worry – when the time is up, these unique badges won’t self-destruct! There will be no smoky poof into thin air; there will be no alarm sounding in the distance. What there will be, however, is an easily-identifiable expired badge. And that is the answer your company needs.

While we offer a wide array of permanent badges that are the ideal answer for your everyday employees, there are countless others who require access to your facility on any given day. These can be prospective employees, vendors, maintenance workers, contractors, visiting clients or customers, and more. In order to make their movement throughout your building or site as seamless as possible, chances are good that you currently issue them badges that offer access to every area they might need to be. And if your company is like many, these badges are nearly identical in appearance and function to those that your regular employees use every day. For the most part, that would be fine if those badges were recovered once the visitor departed. Unfortunately, they often aren’t, which can pose a security risk.

A package of ONEstep self-expiring TIMEbadges is an economical solution that can save you time, money, and peace of mind. Often, people simply forget to return their temporary badge at the end of the day, or the person who they would return it to is busy when they are leaving. You’ll never have to worry about missing temporary badges again with ONEstep TIMEbadges. These badges are fashioned from a unique paper that starts off white, but fully displays red ‘void’ stripes one day after being issued. These stripes are easy-to-see even at a glance, so if someone tries to access your facility the next day with yesterday’s badge, it will be immediately apparent they should not be on the premises. Pretty smart, right? We think so, too!