Case Study: Urban Hospital achieves rapid, touchless concealed-weapon detection and a safer ER for staff and patients with Evolv Express (Evolv)

Urban Hospital Turns to Evolv Technology to Address Threats to ER Staff and Patient Safety

Urban Hospital, a roughly 300‑bed facility in a large U.S. city, was facing an uptick in workplace violence and frequent incidents of concealed weapons entering through its ER, putting nurses, doctors, and staff at risk. To implement touchless, non‑disruptive screening without the bottlenecks of metal detectors, Urban Hospital turned to Evolv and selected the Evolv Express single‑lane system, powered by Evolv Cortex AI and Evolv Insights.

Evolv calibrated and deployed the Evolv Express at the ER, trained 30+ security officers, and configured tablet‑based operation so a single officer can manage screening. The system pinpointed threat locations and detected a concealed handgun on day one and 7 handguns plus 9 knives in under 40 days, relieving staff anxiety, enabling clinicians to focus on care, and providing rapid, scalable deployment with future integrations for video, radios, and analytics.