NHS deploys NowSignage at UK's leading cancer center

The infrastructure implemented at Clatterbridge Hospital enables unified communication and ensures that only specific and engaging content is displayed on the SoC screens., to the right audience, day or night.

He Clatterbridge Cancer Center NHS Foundation Trust It is one of the main hospitals in the United Kingdom that incorporates cancer treatments in its facilities.. Employs more than 1.400 people and their attendance exceeds 30.000 patients with this disease every year.

The opening of a new hospital in June 2020 It was the culmination of a strategy that had been developing for eight years. Located in the center of Liverpool it is part of an investment of 162 million pounds sterling that will provide highly specialized cancer care to 2,4 million people from the counties of Cheshire and Merseyside.

The new hospital offers world-class services in a center of excellence and, According to these objectives, a digital signage solution was required that would provide effective communication to staff and patients in this building. 11 flats. The option chosen for this deployment was the technology of NowSignage.

“NowSignage's solution answered all of our requirements and their support went above and beyond despite the difficulties that the pandemic has caused to ensure that we had the digital signage installation completed for its opening.. Since the hospital opened, “The system has been a great help in communicating important messages quickly and effectively to patients”, commented Susan King, Communications Officer en el Clatterbridge Cancer Center.

In hospital environments, reducing stress and anxiety for patients and their families is a top priority. However, with so many messages that need to be conveyed, it is often difficult to do this effectively.

Traditional print bulletin boards are resource intensive and fill up too easily, in addition to running the risk of displaying outdated content that could represent a serious risk.

Digital signage in healthcare enables unified communication and ensures only the right messages are shown to the right audience, day or night.

Inside Clatterbridge Cancer Center digital signage has been installed directly on 25 SoC displays (System-on-Chip) for use in patient waiting areas and staff common spaces. NowSignage serves as a feature that allows NHS Trust marketing teams to display targeted and engaging content.

Digital signage is used to display health awareness messages and from local organizations informing patients about services available at the hospital. It is also used to help build a high level of trust and relationship between staff and patients.

Digital signage content reduces perceived wait time by up to 35%. Using multi-zone digital signage, The Clatterbridge Cancer Center has been able to divide its screens into three areas, allowing it to deliver essential communications along with content intended to entertain and eliminate anxiety.

NowSignage offers all its advanced features at no additional cost, which means it can show live IPTV channels, fuentes RSS, social media content and real-time ads, everything on screen at the same time.

In response to the COVID pandemic, NowSignage is also being used in NHS hospitals across the UK to reduce the spread of infection and comply with government legislation.. An example of this is an application, available within NowSignage, that integrates with hand sanitizer units. Now common in the healthcare sector, when activated, The app prevents dispensing units from running out of sanitizer solution by monitoring the solution level and sending push notifications when the unit requires a refill.