BETHESDA, MD--(Marketwire - August 3, 2010) - GetWellNetwork, Inc. today announced that Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago is using GetWell Town™, the industry's leading pediatric interactive patient care solution, to advance patient engagement, education and safety. GetWell Town is also helping children ease into their hospital stay with high quality entertainment features including password-protected, parent-controlled access to the Internet, Pandora, Hollywood movies, games and more.
"GetWell Town is the perfect bedside solution to complement our vision of children and family-centered care," said Jeffrey Finesilver, Vice President of University of Chicago Medical Center and Director of Comer Children's Hospital. "We are very excited to provide our families and young patients with a new interactive approach to learning about their health and to access the hospital's resources from the bedside."
One of the first initiatives at the hospital has been to provide patients and families with direct access to services such as housekeeping, patient relations, hospital chaplain and more. Rather than calling their nurse to make service requests, patients can simply use their beside remote control and keyboard to communicate their needs via the GetWell Town system. This streamlines service requests, expedites the response, frees nurses for care tasks, and empowers young patients to feel independent and make their own choices.
GetWell Town offers exclusive KidsHealth® content with more than 170 videos of specific conditions and medical procedures -- all in child-friendly language.
Comer Children's Hospital will be enhancing patient education and influencing clinical outcomes through innovative programs such as the GetWell Town Asthma Care Plan. The GetWell Town Asthma Care Plan prepares patients and families for managing their condition at home with fewer visits to the hospital.
GetWellNetwork will also integrate with the hospital's EpicCare Inpatient Clinical System to enable bi-directional flow of patient information. Nurses will be able to order education content specific to a child's diagnosis, keep track of their progress and have it automatically documented into the patient's record. This will help save nursing hours, meet regulatory compliance, and reduce the potential for human errors.
"Comer Children's Hospital is focused on providing the optimal patient care experience for their patients and families." said Shannon O'Neil, MSW, Director of Pediatrics, GetWellNetwork, Inc. "We are honored to be working with them in leveraging bedside technology to truly educate and engage families throughout the care process, and to help in driving key hospital initiatives."
About GetWell Town
GetWell Town was developed in collaboration with GetWellNetwork's National Children's Hospital Task Force, comprised of 15 pediatric facilities across the U.S. as well as direct input from pediatric patients and their families. GetWell Town is designed to complement the kid-friendly spaces that children's hospitals have worked hard to create and features exclusive content in partnership with KidsHealth®, part of The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media.
About GetWellNetwork
GetWellNetwork, Inc. uses the bedside TV to entertain, educate and empower hospital patients and caregivers to be more actively engaged in their care. This patient-centered approach improves both satisfaction and outcomes for patients and hospitals. GetWellNetwork is the leader in interactive patient care solutions and exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association. More information about GetWellNetwork can be found at www.GetWellNetwork.com.
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