The transition to keyless electronic locks is not just happening in the retail environment. Keyless locks are quickly gaining popularity in a variety of areas, including healthcare.

From storing narcotics to sensitive documents, healthcare facilities, such as hospitals, retirement homes, and dental offices, have a great need for secure storage solutions.

With keyless locks gaining mainstream popularity, more and more healthcare facilities are doing away with their traditional locks and keys to get something that better compliments their current systems.

Here are four ways keyless electronic locks are making healthcare environments more efficient:

Mobile Carts:

With keyless locks, mobile carts can do a lot more for healthcare professionals. No longer do medical professionals need to leave a patient to retrieve equipment or other narcotics. By placing an electronic lock in a medical cart, any materials needed can be securely at the ready for nurses and doctors to use.

File Storage:

As you can imagine, healthcare facilities contain a lot of sensitive information regarding patients, research, and other confidential documents. While most of it is being stored digitally, a lot of organizations keep hard copies as backups. By using an electronic locking system, you eliminate the need for hardware on the cabinet front that alerts potential wrong-doers to valuable contents.

Pharmacies:

Storing narcotics is not only a security concern but a safety concern. If the medication gets into the hands of the wrong person, it becomes a safety hazard. By using an electronic locking system that can dictate hierarchies, pharmacists can better control who has access to inventory. Some systems, such as Senseon Plus, even come equipped with audit trail software, which enables managers to track cabinet-level, employee, and overall activity. If a problem does arise, the data from this software can be used to quickly identify the source.

Hospitals:

Hospitals have a plethora of doors and cabinets that need securing. Having to rifle through keys to find the right one during an emergency can be detrimental. With a keyless cabinet locking system, you can just tap or swipe a card over the opening you are trying to access and have it open in a matter of seconds.

In addition to making healthcare facilities more efficient, electronic locks are helping bring facilities up to compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). If not properly abided by, the resulting penalties could cost a healthcare facility thousands of dollars in fines. Electronic locks provide a means for healthcare organizations to secure confidential documents and improve overall efficiency.

Electronic locks are not just a trend; they are the future of locking technology. Whether it comes in the form a biometric scanner, facial recognition, or an RFID based system: electronic locks are here to stay.

For more information on how Senseon cabinet-level access control systems can improve efficiency within healthcare facilities, visit our Healthcare Access Control page.