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BRIGHAM AND WOMAN’S HOSPITAL SIGNS WITH LODGENET HEALTHCARE TO PROVIDE PATIENT EDUCATION AND ON DEMAND ENTERTAINMENT SOLUTIONS
Customized Interactive Solution Increases Patient Satisfaction
and
Provides Joint Commission-Compliant Patient Education
BOSTON, MA and SIOUX FALLS, SD, July 17, 2008 – Brigham and Women’s
Hospital and LodgeNet Healthcare, a division of LodgeNet Interactive
Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), announced an agreement that brings the LodgeNetRXTM
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.
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 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 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 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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