From specialty medical clinics to multi-building hospital campuses, medical centers are always filled with questions, concerns, and emotions, and healthcare digital signage emphasizes the importance of accurate, timely communication for patients, visitors, and staff.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare digital signage played a critical role in informing stakeholders of the changing safety restrictions and guidelines within the facility.

Patients visiting a hospital for the first time may be particularly anxious about where to go or what to do, especially in large, multi-story, or multi-building medical complexes.

Some signage systems can even send step-by-step directions directly to a visitor's smartphone (on demand) for real-time navigation.

Digital route finders and directories can also be set up as multi-tasking marketing tools, reverting to a scheduled message rotation when they are not in use

Number-picking slips are being replaced by check-in kiosk displays that record the patient's arrival, notify the administration desk, and assign a number displayed on the waiting area screen. Check-in kiosks are a readily available solution that hospitals can quickly implement to relieve hospital staff of extra work and improve efficiency.

While it cannot replace a one-on-one conversation with a caregiver, well-prepared screen content can cover common questions and get doctors and patients up to speed more quickly.

Switching to high-resolution digital displays has many benefits for healthcare organizations. For example, scribbled handwriting is no longer a problem to decipher information about a patient's condition or treatment plan.

While traditional whiteboards rely on manual updates, healthcare digital signage can be updated automatically when combined with real-time data from patient journey management systems.

In offices, hotels and conference facilities, tablet-sized conference room displays are increasingly common at meeting room doors-informing who has reserved the room, what the meeting is about and when the space will be available.

The concept extends to hospital patient rooms, too. Outside of patient rooms, Android tablets can help visitors find patients and let them know if they're temporarily in another room, such as getting an X-ray.

Some displays, like appointment tablets, come with interactive touchscreens that give caregivers instant access to important patient information. With the swipe of a finger, they can navigate through a variety of relevant, HIPAA-compliant information, such as whether visitors are allowed, who's on the patient's care team and when they were last visited by staff.

The advent of narrow-frame LCDs and long-bar LCDs has enabled hospitals to promote awareness of donors through high-profile feature walls.

Stretched-bar LCD displays are more durable than ordinary LED displays, and "The Wall" has more dynamic colors and higher contrast, resulting in a stunning visual effect that fully immerses viewers.