SAN DIEGO, Oct. 30, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skylight Healthcare Systems(r), the leading provider of interactive patient care systems, announced today that it has formalized a contractual agreement to install and deploy Skylight ACCESS(r) for Banner Good Samaritan-Banner Health's flagship 650-bed hospital serving Phoenix, Arizona. Skylight will support Banner's mission of providing excellent patient care to its diverse patient-base by providing the most comprehensive interactive patient care system available today.
Striving to enhance the positive elements of every part of the patient's stay, Skylight ACCESS has proven to deliver results in patient satisfaction, nursing staff satisfaction and retention, and greater success with HCAHPS reporting. The Skylight solution will allow Banner Good Samaritan to greatly improve their processes for the delivery of patient education, service requests and service recovery, and capturing real-time patient feedback.
In addition to Banner Good Samaritan, the other Banner Health Hospitals benefiting from Skylight include:
* Banner Estrella Medical Center * Banner Gateway Medical Center
Utilizing Skylight ACCESS, Banner Estrella and Banner Gateway have demonstrated improvements with respect to increasing the time clinicians spend providing direct patient care, identifying patient issues and then providing immediate service recovery and improving the effectiveness of their patient education efforts. The combination of Banner's widely recognized clinical excellence with the latest in-room technology has allowed Banner to strive for their goal of delivering "Service Excellence" and empowering Banner's patients to partner in their own care while encouraging positive collaboration between patients and caregivers.
As one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the country, Banner health has 22 hospitals admitting over 190,000 patients every year. Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center has been cited for seven years as one of America's "Best Hospitals" by US News & World Report, and is recognized and preferred by consumers and physicians for quality of care and clinical leadership.
"With nearly 100 years of proven quality and commitment to patient care from Alaska to Arizona, we are honored to have been selected by Banner Health as their interactive patient care system of choice," said David Schofield, President and CEO of Skylight. "This is another strategic partnership for Skylight that follows closely other significant contracts with major health systems. Now, with three Banner Health Hospitals under contract, we continue to build our market leadership position with the nation's top health systems."
About Skylight Health Systems
Skylight(r) Healthcare Systems is the industry pioneer in interactive patient care technology. With patient communication as the cornerstone of a safe, comfortable and clinically optimal hospital experience, the Skylight ACCESS(r) Interactive Patient System encourages patient and family to actively participate in their health care, improves communication between staff and patient/family members, and can provide a smoother and faster recovery and discharge plan. Skylight's vision is to provide hospitals with a robust tool which will allow them to greatly enhance interactive communication along the entire patient care continuum. In nearly 10,000 installed locations, leading hospital administrators have confidently selected Skylight Healthcare Systems as the proven choice for their interactive patient care technology. Skylight Healthcare Systems is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information about Skylight Healthcare Systems, please visit: www.skylight.com.
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