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The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is one of the world's leading medical research and patient care institutions. It spans five city blocks, comprising twenty-seven buildings and thousands of rooms. Three new buildings have come on line in the past five years and two more are scheduled for completion by 2009.
Because of the hospital's size, the security requirements are complex. Access control has to be multifaceted and flexible. The hospital is constantly expanding, so...