LCD Enclosures

When patient self service projects are being planned the most common questions to be asked are:

What will it cost and how will it benefit me?

The answer to this first question is variable, depending on what software and hardware package you opt for – how many machines, LCD displays, kiosks and/or wireless tablets etc. will be required. Some of the cost can be offset against the advertising revenue generated from selling advertisement space to the likes of pharmaceutical companies, through the media supplier. Also, some hardware suppliers may provide components, like the wireless tablets for free – if it can be displayed as a working model for promoting its digital signage properties and potential to other clients wanting to see it in action, in the work place.

The second part of the question can be answered in three parts:

• A better patient experience – saving the patient time, a less frustrating check-in process, eliminating redundant questions and the need to re-submit previously answered questions. Patients are empowered by being able to view their own data at the interactive interview. Sophisticated, logical questions are asked and answered clearly using the device, prompting the patient to include relevant information not previously disclosed.

• Providing a better quality of care – informed medical staff can provide informed medical care. This method of data capture has been shown to even save lives. A research project by Ohio State University, on teenagers returning after the summer break, used a touch screen self-service device to record data using real time and was able to identify those students who had suicidal tendencies. It used initial information in a triage format to ask appropriate questions in a way that was more likely to be answered honestly.

• Lowering the margin of error – issues regarding the handling of data from various sources, like paperwork increases the risk of serious errors and mistakes, from illegible handwriting to misunderstood terminology. As the patient keys in the data first hand, there is less likelihood of errors.

Whilst achieving 100% accuracy, is ambitious, it is worth aiming for. Fewer errors mean improved patient safety, a smoother experience for patients and staff, fewer wasted hours – leading to saving valuable dollars and a more efficient health care organization.

LCD Enclosure Global are the worlds leading manufacturer of LCD enclosures that are used in the digital outdoor signage industry, as well as supplying a turnkey solution to patient self service kiosks.

LCD Enclosure Global -anything else is a compromise.
“Manufactured in the UK-Supported in the USA & Australia”.

Now that the patient has completed his medical data onto one of the new interactive touch screen facilities, the paperless system streamlines an otherwise tedious task of collating and filing. Primary consideration must always be to the patient. Too many times this has been secondary or even later in planning, as financial or technological operations have been focused instead. Of course the patient is the most important part in this equation.

Interactive technology identifies the patient via way of swiping a credit card or drivers licence. Once into the program, the patient opts for their language – identified as a flag. The software can be adapted to suit any language or regional preference. It then follows a series of prompted questions, such as confirming their date of birth, address and Zip code. This satisfies the criteria of identification of the patient, as required by the HIPAA and substantially lowering the risk of misidentifying the individual, even by shortening a name, i.e. Susan Smith to Sue Smith.

The next section of data required follows a pattern of general health questions, followed by patient specific questions, gaining as much information, via a flow chart style of data. This is a very different approach from the ‘paper and pen’ system. It empowers the patient into believing they are in control of their medical care.

This system, using segmented touch screens, is programmed to ask appropriate questions, eliminating unnecessary repeated questions, speeding up the process and reducing errors. The patient has only to verify their immediate details on repeat appointments rather than filling out multi page forms and repeating their answers. It can also be updated annually, by confirming or amending data, like an address change. Studies have shown patients have chosen such health care facilities with patient facing devices over those without.

Patients end their self-serve medical data input, by ‘signing’ electronically directly onto the screen, thus authorising the records.

All electronic records can then be processed ‘in house’ or sent on-line to the data collection centre of medical or insurance offices. Payments can be made before treatment or afterwards, on-line too, via a payment terminal, just as in a retail store. Again this is a benefit for the patient as he is in control of another part of the process.

LCD Enclosures Global are the leading producer of LCD monitor enclosures supplied to digital signage industry as well as their kiosks supplied to the health care sector.

LCD Enclosure Global – anything else is a compromise.
“Manufactured in the UK – Supported in the USA & Australia”.

With dynamic advertising rocking the world, near and innovative avenues are always looked at, now is taxi top digital signs the next vertical market?

With dynamic advertising located at every turn, you have to wonder where next? We see these bright, awe inspiring displays at transportation hubs, at the gas pump even at the doctors, now one market that isn’t targeted that has a large target audience is the taxi cab.

Ok, here is a scenario, you fly in Orlando on business and look for a taxi cab to take you from the airport to your meeting, when you get to your meeting you find that some important documents or even worse still a product you where going to demonstrate hasn’t arrived so you reschedule for the following day. Now you need some where to stay, so you exit the meeting and as you are stood on the sidewalk a cab passes with a taxi cab digital sign on its roof advertising the Hyatt hotel chain and some special offers, so you note down the text code or reservation number displayed and call them, reserving your room at one of the most luxurious hotels at a very affordable price.

Another scenario is you are taking a client to lunch in a strange city, on exiting the building to the street your client is indecisive on where to eat, then he sees a digital advertisement on the roof of a taxi cab, you stop the cab and ring the company on the ad and ask the driver to take you there.

These are only two scenarios of taxi top digital advertising, but now imagine it was you ads on these double sided taxi roof signs how much attention your brand will get.

LCD Enclosure Global are the world renowned manufacturer of digital signage enclosures that are used in fuel pump advertising, outdoor digital signage and now they have launched a Taxi Top Digital Advertising for a complete turnkey solution.

LCD Enclosure Global – anything else is a compromise.
“Manufactured in the UK – Supported in the USA & Australia”.

Now, patient self-serve kiosks and wireless tablets are being seen in the health care sector to empower the patient and promote choice of their medical care. It has become apparent that there is a change in their behaviour and attitude towards attending an appointment, as they are able to take matters into their own hands and make their own decisions.

Early stages of self serve devices from 2005 showed that consumers spent more than $324 million, which is expected to exceed $1.2 trillion into 2010. Numerous surveys have been carried out and findings have shown age is irrelevant in the use of such patient devices. Today we think nothing of checking in at an airport using such technology, or using debit and credit cards from a terminal. A youngster can use an AMT, just as a grandparent would, thus figures show a huge increase in popularity of these medical services offering self-serve styled facilities. Another consideration for cutting back on paper is the environment, which is huge issue for many conscientious people. By cutting down on the production of paper, the effect of trees, pollution, and our precious world is seriously considered.

These kiosks are a convenient way of inputting the patient’s own check-in data, as they take up very little room, either by way of a full height, floor standing unit, usually constructed from metal and coated in a protective paint or if space is at a premium, a desk top LCD interactive display may be suitable. Technology needs embracing into our digital world, giving the patient freedom of choice from the health care provider to decisions of medical treatment.

LCD Enclosures Global are the leading manufacturer of LCD monitor enclosures and have supplied health care professionals with self serve kiosks.

LCD Enclosure Global – anything else is a compromise.
“Manufactured in the UK – Supported in the USA & Australia”.

We have seen the breaking news of the iPad in the past few weeks now we see the next step in digital outdoor signage, this is taxi top digital advertising.

Digital outdoor signage is one of the worlds most effective ways to advertise your product and improve brand awareness, with this new technology there comes a price and with locations such as Times Square in New York charging a staggering $3 million per location, this market is massive. How can they charge so much, I hear you ask? Well think for a moment the amount of eyeballs that will see the signage, as New York and Times Square are one of the main landmarks and tourist attractions in America, nearly as much as the naked cowboy!

Businesses have been contemplating how to develop signage and now two companies are using them on the roof of taxis, with an amazing 50,000 taxi cabs alone in New York, this is a huge untapped market. Whilst the taxi cab companies go about heir day to day business, they will be earning an extra income from advertising agencies that are using their cabs as a vehicle (pardon the pun), to deliver advertising.

So keep your eyes peeled for the taxis with taxi cab digital advertising on their roof.

We have seen digital signage that incorporates users to upload their own content using their iPhone, this will only be enhanced with the new iPad, bringing more features that a content creator could think of in a product that can be held in the hand. This could be called the death of the laptop, or could it?

LCD Enclosure Global are the world renowned manufacturer of digital signage enclosures that are used in fuel pump advertising, outdoor digital signage and now they have launched a Taxi Top Digital Advertising for a complete turnkey solution.

LCD Enclosure Global -anything else is compromise.
“Manufactured in the UK – Supported in the USA & Australia”.

When a business decides to invest in to digital signage, no matter if it is outdoors or indoors there is always a saving to be made. Let us look at the options to save money for both.

All in one digital sign.
An all-in-one digital advertising display is perfect for an indoor location, here the unit has an inbuilt media player and does not need to be cabled into a network for updates, these are easily carried out by using a flash drive.

This removes the need for separate media players and reduces the cost of deployment and cabling costs, these can run into thousands of dollars on there own. Making the solution cost effective and quick to deploy.

Outdoor Digital Signage.
Saving money here could be similar to the point above by eliminating the media player and replacing the commercial grade screen with an LCD advertising display that has an integral media player. But these are normally in remote locations and need updates this can now be done using wireless technology, built in to the integral player.

The units would also need an LCD monitor enclosure, these are thermostatically controlled and can provide the perfect internal temperature which is 77 degrees Fahrenheit, no matter what the external temperature is. The range of thermal management solutions is endless, but if you are looking for a cost effective method of digital signage, you must keep an eye on the bottom line.

The owner of LCD Enclosure Global, began his working life some 25 years ago as an experience engineer, after serving a 4 year apprenticeship he began working in a number of sales roles and found that he had a natural ability to match customers needs with the correct product at the most cost effective price.

Then after setting up a business manufacturing high quality enclosures for computers and printers on the factory floor, he created a division that manufactures outdoor LCD monitor enclosures, this division of the business he kept and successfully sold the computer cabinet side after increasing sales year on year.

Now he could focus on the digital signage market and see what is actually needed, after speaking to many American digital signage integrators he realised that they were paying way over the odds for outdoor LCD and plasma TV enclosures.

Now over the years he had created a team of highly skilled engineers who where all highly qualified engineers, this team then developed a range of high quality protective enclosures for outdoor digital signage locations.

After listening to the integrators, he realised that there is a gap in the market for a cost effective product that was of a high quality, the enclosures are manufactured to ISO 9001 (an European Quality Standard), so matter if you buy 1 or 101, they will all be of the same high quality.

LCD Enclosure Global’s ability to turn major projects around in incredibly short lead times proved to be a wining success, especially when quoting major projects. This came to light when quoting a project in July 2009, with only 3 manufacturers in the world, 2 are based in America and LCD Enclosure Global based in the UK all three were quoting for the project, however the 2 US manufacturers pulled out of the quotation process as the project had to be delivered in 3 weeks to site, as they where unable to meet this delivery, now LCD Enclosure Global took the challenge and delivered the project in 2 ½ weeks from receipt of order to delivery Stateside to site.

Their American customers range from Universal Studios, Wildlife Conservation Society, Rolls Royce, Bowater, Nestle and list goes on of digital signage users.

So if you want to benefit from their service and receive a high quality product at a cost effective price, you are best calling 888-460-3573 and asking for LCD Enclosure Global – anything else is a compromise.

With this state of the art advertising solution that has revolutionised the way the world advertises, we are seeing a trend where many corporations are investing heavily into digital signage, we will look at the standard and none standard locations they are deployed.

Hotels & Businesses.
When you go into a swanky hotel or the reception of a large business you are normally greeted with a pleasant receptionist, behind them is some sort of digital sign, this can range from the simple digital posters to complete interactive kiosks where you can book yourself in as a visitor, whilst the receptionist contacts the person you are visiting.

Gym & Sports Halls.
Then when you are working out at the gym, or attending a game at the weekend you will see all types of digital signage, from the massive screens above the pitch to smaller displays used for digital menu boards, proving that we are being sold to at every moment of the day.

Fuel Pump Advertising.
This is becoming a large market with the likes of Verizon buying gas station television companies up, so that they can have a large piece of the profit pie. We are even being sold to at the gas pump – good job, especially when it is near lunch, as you are likely to get the best meal deal possible.

Mobile Signage.
Well this can range from the understandable to the crazy, for example we have seen people wearing large (19”) displays on their back that are fed with content from an onboard media player, to us this looks and appears crazy, but it does capture attention! Then there is the tour buses with large LED signage panels of 3 metres x 1 metre displaying the locations the tour provides and the special rates, then there are the taxi cab toppers, also known as taxi cab enclosures, these are mounted to the taxi roof and provide digital advertising whilst the cab is carrying fairs to their destination.

LCD Enclosure Global are the world renowned manufacturer of digital signage enclosures that are used in fuel pump advertising, outdoor digital signage and now they have launched a taxi top digital signs for a complete turnkey solution.

Sports and entertainment venues are turning to digital signage to create an extra income stream and at the same time engage with visitors making their experience an enjoyable one.

When you go to a sports stadium to watch a basketball game or to watch your favourite band, you are not just buying a ticket for a seat that is in a good position, you are buying into the technology behind the stadium, this is why stadium management are waking up to the idea of using digital signage.

A sports stadium using digital signage can delivery very targeted dynamic messages that is not just relevant to a particular visitor but what is happening at that event at that specific moment, this would have been impossible before the deployment of any form of electronic billboards.

With the varying type of events that are hosted at these sports stadiums, they need to communicate different messages to different parts of the arena at the same time, this is the most important part of any dynamic signage solution. In order to achieve this, the signage solution must be easy to use and flexible.

An example of a digital solution is several large format TV screens set up indoors, with large screens positioned outside the stadium.

To have a trouble free system, all you need to do is bear some of the points in mind when planning and deploying the signage system.

Where will you place the screens?
Before you start deploying the screens, you have to assess what is the natural visitor flow to the arena? Do they got through the:

• Car parks
• Main stadium access areas
• Box Office
• Lobby
• Beverage and food area
• Merchandise stands
• Private boxes
• Seating area

Targeted Content.
This is the ability to deliver the right message to the right person at the right moment, any successful solution will have the facility to guide the audience throughout their stay, from entering the venue, buying food or a drink to buying merchandise.

In the past few years security has stepped up at high level events, but the arena management are always concerned with your safety, so having the opportunity to use the electronic signs as an emergency notification system adds more value to the system than the ability to sell.

Areas were targeted content can be used.

Exiting the car park – When you are leaving the venue, the signage can indicate the exit routes that are clear and not clogged up, they can also advise on the weather and condition of the roads.

Private Box – These are often used for corporate events, these can be fed corporate specific content, including season ticket promotions for a suite.

We have only touched on the applications in which the signage system can be used, there are one hundred and one ways, however we hope that the information given is of some benefit to you and helps you understand how sports arenas use the new technology signage systems.

LCD Enclosure Global are the worlds leading manufacturer of outdoor LED enclosures, that are supplied to digital signage integrators for deployment throughout the world, they have currently developed a taxi cab digital signage enclosure that will be launched at the end of February.

Digital signage or advertising, call it what you will, this has changed the way people shop, now using technology taxi cabs will be able to use digital signage inside as well as outside the cab whilst empty or carrying fares. So could taxi cab digital signage be the next big thing?

The main reason for this development is that like all new technology, once a system is proved to work it is pushed out to almost everyone, whilst it is in development people are watching the initial project with anticipation to see if it will be a success as they do not wish to invest in an industry that could lose money.

You may have seen the digital screens in the back of the cabs promoting local attractions from hotels to restaurants, well now with the use of a taxi cab enclosure, digital signage can now be placed on top of the taxi roof and create an income stream for the taxi company as well as ad agencies.

This type of taxi cab digital signage enclosure, is designed and manufactured to protect the internal electronics from the weather and potential theft, as the enclosure provides a secure micro environment for the hardware to work in a controlled environment.

This taxi cab topper could be the next best thing in the digital signage industry, as we have seen a huge increase in manufacturers offering outdoor TV cabinets, these are used as large outdoor billboards and can be tiled together to form a massive video wall on sides of buildings.

Like the Apple iPad this could be the next biggest thing for 2010, let us watch the development and see.

LCD Enclosure Global are the world renowned manufacturer of digital signage enclosures that are used in fuel pump advertising, outdoor digital signage and now they have launched a taxi top digital signs for a complete turnkey solution.