BOSTON and SIOUX FALLS, S.D., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Brigham and Women’s Hospital and LodgeNet Healthcare, a division of LodgeNet Interactive Corporation , announced an agreement that brings the LodgeNetRX(TM) Interactive Patient Television System to more than 700 patient beds at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an internationally renowned teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, launched the system this July to provide patients with access to on demand entertainment and patient specific education.
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In support of this agreement, LodgeNet completely re-designed the hospital’s patient TV network and installed the company’s video on demand (VOD) movies, music, and its patient education management solution (which, when fully implemented, will be provided in conjunction with Patient Edu, LLC).
“We did a thorough evaluation of interactive system options in the market and selected the most reliable, proven and scalable system to support our goals of better educating and empowering patients,” said Jennifer Nadelson, MBA, administrative director, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “LodgeNet’s track record and expertise in planning, managing, and implementing their solutions assured us that the project would be handled professionally and efficiently.”
“The LodgeNet installation crew was professional and handled our cable plant and infrastructure project seamlessly,” added Nadelson. “We look forward to enhancing our patient experiences in the future with the features of this new system.”
A growing number of hospitals now offer hotel-like amenities to ease the stress of hospital stays, and a recent survey conducted by LodgeNet showed that hospitals with interactive patient television systems enjoyed greater patient satisfaction ratings and other benefits than hospitals without such systems. The research supported a key theme that is well recognized by hospital employees: when patients have easy access to rich interactive media, entertainment content and medical information, they feel more empowered and satisfied with their experiences. In addition, U.S. hospitals see some five million re-admissions a year, and experts cite better patient education as one potential opportunity to reduce this number.
Ann Furey, RN, Patient Education Program manager, said, “LodgeNet Healthcare and Patient Edu, LLC are working with my team to better understand our Patient Education Program principles. Brigham and Women’s Hospital strives for excellence in all aspects of patient care, and patient education is no exception. We intend to advance our efforts toward this goal through the application of this solution in our patient interactions.”
“To have such a prestigious hospital rely on LodgeNet for their patient education and entertainment needs speaks volumes about the service they know we can deliver,” said Gary Kolbeck, vice president of Healthcare Business Development for LodgeNet. “Our system can benefit not only the patient but the hospital as well with improved operational efficiencies.”
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is consistently ranked among the top American hospitals and has been ranked on US News and World Report’s Honor Roll of America’s best hospitals for 11 consecutive years. It is the only hospital in the nation to be named for eight consecutive years to Solucient’s list of Top 100 Hospitals. In 2008, it was recognized by the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) for being one of five top performing academic medical centers in the country in a quality and safety benchmarking study.
The LodgeNetRX Interactive Patient Television System is a leading solution supporting a growing trend in which more hospitals and healthcare facilities are seeking to deploy interactive TV systems as a way of better informing and empowering patients throughout the continuum of care. LodgeNet Healthcare has sold its interactive systems to 31 healthcare facilities to date. The company will be demonstrating its LodgeNetRX solution at the 45th Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association (AHA), July 20-23 in Washington, DC. For more information, please visit the LodgeNet Healthcare Website at http://www.lodgenetrx.com/.
About Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is a 757-bed nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners HealthCare, an integrated health care delivery network. In July of 2008, the hospital opened the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, the most advanced center of its kind. BWH is committed to excellence in patient care with expertise in virtually every specialty of medicine and surgery. The BWH medical preeminence dates back to 1832, and today that rich history in clinical care is coupled with its national leadership in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives and its dedication to educating and training the next generation of health care professionals. Through investigation and discovery conducted at its Biomedical Research Institute (BRI), BWH is an international leader in basic, clinical and translational research on human diseases, involving more than 860 physician-investigators and renowned biomedical scientists and faculty supported by more than $416 M in funding. BWH is also home to major landmark epidemiologic population studies, including the Nurses’ and Physicians’ Health Studies and the Women’s Health Initiative. For more information about BWH, please visit http://www.brighamandwomens.org/.
About LodgeNet Interactive
LodgeNet Interactive Corporation is the leading provider of media and connectivity solutions designed to meet the unique needs of hospitality, healthcare and other guest-based businesses. LodgeNet Interactive serves more than 1.9 million hotel rooms representing 10,000 hotel properties worldwide in addition to healthcare facilities throughout the United States. The company’s services include: Interactive Television Solutions, Broadband Internet Solutions, Content Solutions, Professional Solutions and Advertising Media Solutions. LodgeNet Interactive Corporation owns and operates businesses under the industry leading brands: LodgeNet, LodgeNetRX, and The Hotel Networks. LodgeNet Interactive is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET. For more information, please visit http://www.lodgenet.com/.
LodgeNet and LodgeNetRX are trademarks or registered trademarks of LodgeNet Interactive Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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