5 hospital problems indoor navigation can solve

5 HOSPITAL PROBLEMS INDOOR NAVIGATION

CAN SOLVE

Missed hospital appointments cost the National Health Service £700m annually in the UK

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1. £700M PROBLEM OF MISSED HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

1. £700M PROBLEM OF MISSED HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

The Guardian, after asking doctors, attributes a significant fraction of this to navigation problems, especially at large hospitals. However, it’s not only patients getting lost. Also junior doctors reported getting lost on the way to urgent calls.

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Hospitals are realizing they have a design problem as patients and visitors struggle to navigate the maze of the modern medical complex… Many hospitals are borrowing strategies from shopping malls and airports to make it easier for people to get around

The Wall Street Journal

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2. ANALYTICAL DATA FOR HOSPITAL DESIGN TO HELP

WAYFINDING

• Where are the hospital visitors going the most of the time?

• How long do they stay in any one place, how long does it take to go from one location to another?

• How often do they come back to a hospital again?

• How long do they wait?

• Which are the most overloaded locations?

• Where do patients struggle to find a way?

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2. ANALYTICAL DATA FOR HOSPITAL DESIGN TO HELP

WAYFINDING

Finding a way in a hospitals for visually impaired or blind can be a pretty rough experience. Often impossible independently requiring help from staff.

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3. VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND BLIND PATIENTS

Voice navigation for the visually impaired and the blind enables them to find their way more independently enhancing their safety and providing them a simple solution to be more self-sustaining and independent in the area of a hospital.

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3. VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND BLIND PATIENTS

Should the visitor be disabled and require wheelchair routing our smartphone application will guide them through.

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4. DISABLED PATIENTS NAVIGATION

Management can also send highly targeted and automatised push notifications to smartphones of hospital visitors, reducing missed or late appointments, enhancing patient engagement.

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5. NEW COMMUNICATION POSSIBILITIES WITH PUSH

NOTIFICATIONS

HOSPITAL VISITORS CAN BE NAVIGATED USING THEIR

SMARTPHONES

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