PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Feb. 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Patient Portal Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:PPRG) announced today that its TB&A Television Services subsidiary has been awarded an eight-year contract from Cortland Regional Memorial Medical Center of Cortland, NY to provide the most advanced digital technology platform for television education and entertainment services.
"We are pleased with the today's contract award with Cortland Regional Memorial Medical Center. This re-emphasizes the unique opportunity and strategy that Patient Portal has among its healthcare providers to provide advanced technology with a large emphasis on patient satisfaction. Our acquisition of TB&A and its recognized expertise, combined with our new enhanced service offerings, is proving to be quite successful in today's healthcare services market," said Kevin Kelly, President of Patient Portal Technologies. "We are seeing such a significant trend to improve patient satisfaction among our hospital providers, and advanced digital television, entertainment. And information systems are clearly a top priority. Patient Portal is well-positioned to provide the updated technology and equipment which the healthcare industry is demanding," Mr. Kelly added.
TB&A, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Patient Portal Technologies, Inc., has been a leader in providing patient communications services, patient education service and hospital equipment sales for over 20 years and has enjoyed long-term relationships with its hundreds of institutional customers. The Company's services include telephone and television rental, billing and collections service, repair tracking, television sales, and customer service for hospital patients.
Cortland Regional Memorial Medical Center is one of the leading healthcare providers in the Upstate New York region.
Company information is available at http://www.patientportal.com.