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As a patient, the need to have comfortable surroundings not only encourages
wellness but enhances the experience during the hospital stay. As do caregivers, patients have a critical need for access to
accurate information. In today’s world patients have adopted the Internet as a valuable tool in
healthcare research. The Internet is an invaluable resource for decision support as it relates to
understanding diagnosis as well as available treatments and prescription medication.
For a patient, maintaining contact with their "normal daily life" reduces anxiety, promotes healing and relieves family burdens. By providing a patient with enhanced services, the caregiver can take credit for delivering premium entertainment, Web Mail, and the conduit for remote visitation. As the PatienTree network continues to expand, there will be more and more opportunity for family, friends, and loved ones, to remotely visit a patient. Thus, one will no longer be faced with the challenges associated with visiting friends or family who may be hospitalized great distances away. The true power of the PatienTree remote visitation is the real financial relief and comfort it brings to the patient and their visitors. For the visitor, thoughts such as whether to expend vacation days, take non paid time off, and incur travel expenses for airfare, hotels, and rental cars are no longer a factor in deciding whether to visit a loved one. The patient in turn gains comfort knowing that their friends and family can visit at any time without financial and scheduling dificulties. • Drive Down the Costs of Care Long Term Results Which Lead to Lower Benefit Costs • Enhanced Patient Safety Resulting in Higher Patient Confidence • Shorter Stays as a Derivative of Better Information Access • Improve Billing Accuracy Leading to Less Patient/Insurer Inquiries • Remote Visitation to Increase the Number and Frequency of Visits • Reduced Patient/Family Burdens • Ease of Use Features via Touch Screen, voice, and point and click Technologies • Premium Entertainment and Services Delivery: • Electronic News Papers • Cable TV • On Demand Video • Audio Books • Web Mail • Internet Consumerism • Web Research • Caregiver Relationship Building Block • Food Services Choices • Hospital Intranet Services Not only do these features, functions, and benefits create a better patient environment, which in turn enhances the caregiver patient experience, but many of them offer enhanced revenue potential for the facilities that provide them. |