SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Skylight Healthcare Systems(r), the leading provider of interactive patient systems, announced today that South Lake Hospital has selected Skylight ACCESS for its expanding 130-bed facility in Clermont, Florida. Affiliated with Orlando Regional Healthcare, South Lake Hospital chose Skylight to empower their patients with the latest in-room health information, patient education, and interactive services. Hospitals that use Skylight ACCESS(r) have demonstrated improved patient satisfaction and outcomes, while enhancing the entire patient care continuum for healthcare professionals, patients, and their families.
As a community centered healthcare complex, South Lake will implement Skylight ACCESS to support their efforts in meeting Joint Commission accreditation requirements, enhance operational & service excellence, meet evolving clinical demands, and deliver on commitments to patient satisfaction.
In support of their continued effort to engage patients and families in their care experience, South Lake patients will now have direct access to disease- and condition-specific health information, connection to patient support departments, and a real-time feedback forum which will allow the hospital to solicit patient feedback and then provide immediate service recovery to address any service issue. Patients will also enjoy high-speed Internet, e-mail, and other first-class entertainment options including popular movies, music and games.
Using Skylight ACCESS in combination with admission, discharge and transfer data, and HL7 (or other) interfaces, events are mapped along the patient care continuum and appropriate communication, education, information and messaging functions are effortlessly deployed to optimize the patient experience and enhance clinical outcomes. In support of the patient's care plan, patient specific disease and condition information can be easily accessed on-demand.
The Skylight ACCESS Interactive Patient System is built for the future with a dedicated fiber network infrastructure combined with a proven technology platform to offer exceptional bandwidth and speed.
"We support South Lake Hospital's ongoing commitment to improve the patient experience, and are happy to provide new ways to increase efficiency and satisfaction for their dedicated staff of healthcare professionals," said David Schofield, President and CEO of Skylight. "We are pleased to have been selected to help them achieve their mission of improving the health and the quality of life of the patients they serve."
About Skylight Health Systems
Skylight(r) Healthcare Systems is the industry pioneer in interactive patient system 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 overall vision is to provide hospitals with a highly useful system which will provide greater 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 system technology. Skylight Healthcare Systems is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information, please visit: www.skylight.com
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