SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Skylight Healthcare Systems(r), the leading provider of interactive patient systems, announced today that Shawnee Mission Medical Center (SMMC) has finalized a contractual agreement to install and deploy Skylight ACCESS for its 383 bed facility serving the Kansas City Metropolitan area. As part of the Adventist Health system, SMMC selected Skylight to provide their patients the best in-room health information, patient education, and interactive services. Skylight ACCESS(r) customers have demonstrated improved patient satisfaction and outcomes, while enhancing the entire patient care continuum for healthcare professionals, patients, and their families.
A member of the 37-hospital Adventist Health System which serves over 4 million patients annually, SMMC will implement Skylight ACCESS to support their ongoing endeavors in meeting Joint Commission accreditation requirements, enhancing operational & service excellence, meeting evolving clinical demands, and delivering on commitments to patient satisfaction.
Named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals(r) by Solucient, this award recognizes facilities that achieve excellence in quality of care, operational efficiency, financial performance and adaptation to the environment. Continuing to engage patients and families in their care experience, SMMC 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 SMMC 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 patent'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.
"Throughout their history, Shawnee Mission medical Center has set the standard for excellence in patient care and satisfaction, in addition to providing a workplace that has been recognized as amongst the nation's best," said David Schofield, President and CEO of Skylight. "We share their commitment and are honored 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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