Wayfinding Mobile App Guides Patients, Visitors through Expanded Campus

STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Stamford Health today announced that the Stamford Health Find My Way application has been downloaded nearly than 1,500 times. This mobile application not only helps patients and visitors navigate to the new Stamford Hospital, but also helps them quickly find and locate their final destination inside the hospital.   

"Working with Connexient's Medinav™ mobile platform, we created intuitive, GPS-driven indoor maps that provide turn-by-turn direction and location-based content within the hospital," said John Rossi, Executive Director, Information Services & Security at Stamford Health. "The wayfinding application helps visitors and patients easily identify and navigate to internal points of interest including key departments, the cafeteria, gift shop, ATMs, elevators, restrooms and stairways."

Downloadable from the iTunes and Google Play stores, Find My Way features Stamford Health's physician directory to provide quick access to phone numbers and location information. There are also direct links to bill pay, patient portals and Stamford Health's Facebook and Twitter feeds. Additionally, information and directions to the extensive artwork collection within the hospital is available through the mobile application.

You can learn more about the Stamford Health Find My Way App on at https://www.stamfordhealth.org/new-hospital/.  

About Stamford Health
Stamford Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system in lower Fairfield County. The system provides inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory services through Stamford Hospital, a 305-bed acute care tertiary hospital; Stamford Health Medical Group, a partnership of primary and specialty care physicians; Stamford Hospital Foundation; and a diverse and growing number of retail and ambulatory locations across the region. Stamford Health is affiliated with the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and is a major teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.  Stamford Health's Carl and Dorothy Bennett Cancer Center is a member of the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Care Collaborative. Stamford Hospital received Magnet^® Designation for nursing excellence in 2016, and the Planetree Distinction Award for Leadership and Innovation in Patient-Centered Care in 2014. For more information, visit StamfordHealth.org. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

SOURCE Connexient