title: Graduating to an integrated system: Yale University Medical School and Yale-New Haven Hospital coordinate security.
abstract: The authors, security directors at Yale University Medical School and Yale-New Haven Hospital respectively, discuss their decision to coordinate their efforts to procure compatible new security systems that would integrate such components as alarms, CCTV, and access control within and between the two campuses. The goal: improve safety and make alarm monitoring easier and more efficient by centralizing operations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  an increase in security, a decline in security incidents, and a reduction in costs.
authors.affiliation: Yale University, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gundrum
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bryan
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002497:Centralized Hospital Services; D003237:Connecticut; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*