Digital signage in waiting room using Keynote and Apple TV

Abstract

These days a digital information system is widely used to inform a large number of public in the amenity areas such as waiting room and lobby. Also in Tosa City Hospital, there is an information display in the main reception hall, but not in the waiting room of each clinic where patients must wait for a long period. To show patients some features of skin diseases while waiting for my examination, I put up a digital signage using a liquid crystal display television in the waiting room for outpatients. I created contents using Keynote and saved the file on iCloud to synchronize with iPad which is placed in the examining room. Then I played the Keynote file on iPad to display it on the television via Apple TV using AirPlay. It is so easy to change the contents by just updating the Keynote file on Mac. A digital signage such as this would help patients understand some skin conditions. If the waiting rooms of other clinics are likewise installed with digital signage, the patients' complaints about long waiting time will be mitigated and the hospital reputation will improve.