NEW YORK and NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Connexient and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, based in New Brunswick, NJ, announced today the public launch of MediNav™ Navigator Edition 2.0. This makes RWJUH the first hospital in North America to deliver for its patients, visitors and staff the world's first true turn-by-turn indoor navigation smartphone application, with reliable indoor positioning accuracy of 1 to 2 meters.
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MediNav™ is now available on the App Store and Google Play as the RWJUH Find Your Way Mobile Application. In addition RWJUH has deployed MediNav™ iPad Kiosks in its lobby and will be adding the Website version later this summer.
- Video: https://youtu.be/T6DvuwHCNkk
- Information & links: http://www.rwjuh.edu/rwjuh/rwj-find-your-way.aspx
Powered by Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacons and sophisticated handset sensor fusion technology, MediNav™ Navigator v. 2.0 is the most advanced indoor navigation application available, with rich features that users have come to expect from Google or Apple in the "outdoor" world, including robust, reliable indoor positioning with 1 – 2 meter accuracy and true turn-by-turn indoor navigation with camera positioning driven by location and direction, dynamic navigation prompts with visual landmark references, and more.
"We are thrilled to reach this important milestone and launch with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital," commented Mark Green, Connexient CEO and Co-Founder. "They have been a fantastic partner and collaborator in realizing the vision of true indoor navigation and how it can improve the Patient Experience. Even more exciting is their commitment to the continued evolution and application of our platform for Indoor Location-based Services to solve problems and bring ROI to the Enterprise as a whole."
Joanne Arico, RN, BSN, Director of Patient Experience at RWJUH added, "The launch of MediNav™ is the first step in a journey to use indoor navigation and location-based services to benefit all of the stakeholders at RWJUH. Our focus for 2015 is to enhance our patient experience, as well as improve staff efficiency and prevent late and missed appointments."
About Connexient
Connexient (www.connexient.com) provides innovative Indoor Navigation and Location-Based Services (LBS) Solutions for Enterprises with large, complex buildings and campuses. The MediNav™ Navigator Edition Patient Experience solution helps hospitals and healthcare networks to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, reduce missed or late appointments and improve HCAHPS scores. More than just a mobile app, Connexient provides an all screens solution across Web, Mobile, Kiosk & Digital Signage. Additionally, Connexient's API + SDK enables its clients to integrate its rich, navigation quality indoor maps and location services across Enterprise IT to reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve operational intelligence.
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a 965-bed academic medical center with campuses in New Brunswick and Somerville, NJ. Its Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, stroke care, neuroscience, joint replacement, and women's and children's care including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.bmsch.org). As the flagship Cancer Hospital of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the principal teaching hospital of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, RWJUH is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care. A Level 1 Trauma Center and the only Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH's New Brunswick campus serves as a national resource in its groundbreaking approaches to emergency preparedness.
RWJUH has been ranked among the best hospitals in America by U.S. News & World Report seven times and has been selected by the publication as a high performing hospital in numerous specialties. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital has been ranked among the best hospitals in America by U.S. News & World Report for three consecutive years.
For more information, please go to: www.rwjuh.edu/rwjuh/about.aspx
CONNEXIENT CONTACT:
Sarah Stabile
Hi-Impact Communications
Email
646.453.9453
RWJUH CONTACT:
Peter Haigney
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Email
732.937.8568