Indoor wayfinding for hospitals

RFiD Discovery's indoor navigation solution for healthcare settings helps patients and staff find their way around hospital sites and buildings.

Benefits

Helps to reduce the number of patient no-shows and late-arrivals

Offers the ability to provide a personalised navigation service for those requiring an accessible route

Helps new staff and locums who are not familiar with the building to find their way

Provides essential data for analysis to allow healthcare settings to plan the most efficient routes

This pioneering solution for indoor navigation helps patients, visitors and temporary or new staff find their way around hospital environments.

The technology will help to reduce the number of patient no-shows or late arrivals which wastes clinicians’ time and can have a significant financial impact on the hospital.

Indoor navigation for wayfinding

As well as providing directions to help patients navigate their way through hospitals and other healthcare settings, the solution provides a range of additional features including movement analytics, personalised routes and heat maps to help improve the efficiency of buildings. It also integrates with the RFiD Discovery asset tracking platform to help staff keep track of vital equipment such as wheelchairs, stretchers and other assets.

Easy to use wayfinding app

The app is simple to use and helps users find the quickest and most convenient route to their destination.

Monitoring flow of people

Heat maps help healthcare settings to monitor the flow of people through their buildings

Personalised routes

Routes can be personalised to meet the accessibility requirements of users such as step-free access.

Integrates with RFiD Discovery's asset tracking platform

The integration with the RFiD Discovery platform helps staff keep track of vital equipment and it also enables the app to guide patients and visitors to the nearest available wheelchair.

Real-time data

Administrators are able to define areas that are closed off due to maintenance. The software uses real-time data to direct users to their intended location while avoiding the out of bounds areas.

How does it work?

Real-time navigation

The technology uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Wi-Fi to pinpoint a person's location. By providing real-time navigation to patients who may not be familiar with the building reduces the number of patient no-shows or late arrivals which wastes clinicians’ time and can have a significant financial impact on the hospital.

Tailored navigation

For people who require an accessible route, the software is able to provide a personalised navigation service, for example, suggesting stair-free routes to wheelchair users. In addition, the technology can be used by new staff or locums who are not familiar with the building to find their way around a hospital.

Integrates with the RFiD Discovery platform

The application integrates with the RFiD Discovery asset tracking platform to help staff keep track of vital equipment such as wheelchairs, stretchers and other assets. It can also guide patients and visitors to the nearest available wheelchair.