Skylight in the News
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Read articles published in newspapers, magazines and online news sites highlighting SkylightSM Healthcare Systems and the ACCESS Interactive Patient System and its impact on the patient experience.
2010
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12/31/2010
Skylight CEO Takes In-Room Hospital Service to the Next Level
San Diego health care company Skylight began its life in the entertainment business. Its product allowed hospital patients to order movies to their rooms. But President and Chief Executive Officer David Schofield thought it could do so much more.
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09/02/2010
Glenwood Rolls Out Entertainment, Information Technology
Inez Spangler dreads a hospital stay as much as any patient, but she said a new in-room information and entertainment option at Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe makes her time there more bearable.
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08/19/2010
Now Showing at Stanford Hospital: Movies, News, Sunsets and All About Your Hernia
When a patient checks in to Stanford Hospital from now on, the room wall will have an extra special something. Most hospitals have had televisions in patient rooms for decades. But few now have what Stanford offers its patients on new, 26-inch high definition monitors. The Stanford At Your Service (SAYS) system will, of course, offer the latest movies and entertainment selections and specialty channels like ESPN and the Food Network. It also has special bells and whistles: Internet connection options; customized and updated health information and a new patient favorite: the Window channel, which displays hand-selected videos of a dreamy beach sunset on the Sea of Cortez or a Costa Rican rainforest.
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07/12/2010
Wireless Firms Reshape Medical Care with Retooled Equipment
Due to rapid advancements in the integration of wireless technology and health care, the future of post-hospitalization patient care will soon be coming to a screen nearby: on BlackBerries, iPads and iPhones.
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03/25/2010
Blausen Medical Signs New Licensing Agreement with Skylight Healthcare Systems
Blausen Medical, developer and owner of the world's largest library of 3D medical animations, has licensed its complete Human Atlas to Skylight Healthcare Systems the leading provider of interactive patient systems in the hospital industry.
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03/21/2010
High-Tech Comfort in Store for San Jacinto Hospital
Patients at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital will soon be able to order a movie or a snack, learn about a newly diagnosed medical condition and many other things all from their hospital beds.
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02/09/2010
Interactive Care Technology Platform Increases Patient Satisfaction
An interactive system encourages patients and family to actively participate in their health care, improving communication with staff members, and providing a smoother and faster recovery and discharge.
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02/09/2010
Hoag Expands Service with Skylight Extension
Newport Beach’s Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has implemented a significant contract extension with San Diego-based Skylight Healthcare Systems, the leading provider of patient-care solutions.
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01/15/2010
Cancer Treatment Centers of America improve patient care with Skylight ACCESS
The Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) has selected Skylight Healthcare Systems to install and deploy Skylight ACCESS in three of its hospitals.
2009
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03/31/2009
Babbling brook builds loyal viewership at University Hospitals: Healthy Cleveland
University Hospitals Case Medical Center has installed a super-duper, fancy-schmancy, state-of-the-art television system called Skylight in its patient rooms. On Skylight, a patient can cruise the Internet, choose from an endless array of movies and programs, play games, view patient-education videos, order food or tell hospital managers right away if his or her room isn't clean.
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02/25/2009
Interactive TV at Lowell General
As new parents, Heather Gavin and Robert Franqui are overwhelmed with tremendous joy and responsibility.