A channel for your waiting-room TV: health tips, weather and the time.
Type your practice’s name, pick your town and a design, and open the link on any Smart TV or Fire TV. The screen rotates health tips from public sources, shows the weather, the time and your notices, and optionally the headlines of an RSS feed. Free, no account needed.
- Health tips from WHO and CDC
- Weather for your town
- Your notices
- Headlines from an RSS feed
Create your channel
How it works
Add your details
Your practice’s name, your logo, your town for the weather and, if you like, your notices and a news RSS feed.
Pick a design
Six styles, your colour and the screen language. The preview shows the result straight away.
Put it on the TV
We email you the permanent link. In the TV browser open digitalsignagerds.com/s and type your 8-character code.
Made for waiting rooms
Careful tips
General public-health messages from WHO and CDC, with their source. No diagnosis, no treatments.
Weather and time
Big and readable from any seat. The weather updates itself every half hour.
Your notices
Opening hours, documents to bring or any reminder, mixed in with the tips.
News if you want it
The headlines of an RSS feed: your council, your professional body or a newspaper.
Your brand
Six styles, your colour and your logo. The text resizes itself to be read from a distance.
In 8 languages
Spanish, English, Catalan, French, Portuguese, German, Italian and Russian.
What data it uses
- We store what you type here: practice name, subtitle, logo, town (name and approximate coordinates), notices, RSS address, language and design.
- Our server asks the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway) for the weather with the town’s coordinates, looks the town up in OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim, and reads the headlines from the RSS feed you choose: the TV does not connect to any third party.
- Your email is only used to send you the permanent link, your private edit link and two tips about the tool. RDS news only if you ask for it.
- A channel that no screen opens for 6 months is deleted automatically; one that is never opened, after 3 days.
Sources of the health tips
Each tip sums up a general message from these public pages. They are not personal medical advice: if in doubt, ask a health professional.
- CDC (US) · www.cdc.gov/clean-hands/about/index.html
- WHO · www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/healthy-diet
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/salt-reduction
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tobacco
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/alcohol
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ultraviolet-radiation
- WHO · www.who.int/health-topics/vaccines-and-immunization
- WHO · www.who.int/initiatives/medication-without-harm
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/antibiotic-resistance
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/oral-health
- CDC (US) · www.cdc.gov/sleep/about/index.html
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-response
- WHO · www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/food-safety
Weather data: MET Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute), licence CC BY 4.0. Town search: Nominatim, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. No sign-up, no card. Made by the team behind RDS, a platform for managing screens.
Where do the health tips come from?
They are general public-health messages from WHO and the US CDC, with the source shown on screen. We make no diagnoses and recommend no treatments, and the screen itself reminds people that the tips do not replace a consultation.
Can I add my own notices?
Yes, up to four, such as opening hours or which documents to bring. They are mixed in with the tips.
Which news is shown?
Only the headlines of the RSS feed you choose, without photos or full articles. Without a feed, there is no news.
Will it work on my TV?
On any TV with a browser: Samsung, LG or Android TV smart TVs, a Fire TV Stick or a computer connected over HDMI. Also in the RDS player.
How do I change it later?
With the private edit link we email you, or from “Your channels in this browser”. The TV updates itself within 15 minutes.
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