Hibox improves digital content management in County Durham hospitals

The Smartroom Health solution from Hibox Systems has been chosen by the English County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust for digital signage content management of three hospitals.

The English healthcare provider County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust you have chosen the system Smartroom Health of Hibox Systems for their Darlington Memorial Hospitals, University of North Durham y Bishop Auckland, in order to manage the contents of their screens and the patients' television entertainment services from the same server.

The Smartroom Health solution has been integrated into the business systems of these three hospitals and promotes, through the digital screen networks installed, the foundation's mission to provide the safest care, compassionate and integrated with the population it serves.

Nigel Hauxwell, director de TI de County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, this is how he explains it: “con Smartroom Health, Our hospitals can create an exceptional patient experience, providing information and visual content on more than forty digital signage screens”.

Smartroom Health installation has been completed “without problems - emphasizes Hauxwell- and now we can control all display systems from a single server, getting the most value from our IT budget”.

Screens in public areas are now used to provide real-time communication to patients, visitors and staff, including general information, waiting times, news, general messages and cafeteria menus.

All this content is displayed on large format digital signage screens, while in the smaller ones, located at the doors of the meeting rooms, Information is provided on the spaces occupied at that time and upcoming reservations..

In addition to the screens aimed at patient information, the foundation also uses Smartroom Health's integrated tools for room assignment.

“We discovered the need for more efficient and reliable signage at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust hospitals some time ago - recalls Staffan Granholm, director general de Hibox Systems-. We are delighted that we were able to reach an agreement and install our system in just a few months, and that Smartroom Health lives up to your expectations, offering an engaging experience to patients and staff”.

Although this is the first installation of this system, Granholm is confident that “many more to follow, as has happened in the Nordic countries, where Smartroom Health is becoming the de facto standard for large hospitals”.

The management of the project in the United Kingdom has been the responsibility of Lorna Garrett, general director of Zest Technologies (previously of Garland Partners), experts in IPTV and digital solutions.

“By working with the IT and communications teams at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust to fully understand their signage needs and the outcomes they wanted I was able to recommend the Hibox digital signage solution., since we offer systems that are reliable, profitable and easy to manage”, says Garrett.