The Children's Hospital Deploys Allen Technologies' Vigo Patient Care System
AUSTIN, Texas - September 28, 2007 ? Allen Technologies, Inc., provider of the most advanced, interactive education and entertainment systems to health care facilities
nationwide for nearly 30 years, today announced that The Children?s Hospital is using Vigo? to deliver a broad range of on-demand video and data entertainment as well as
educational and information services to patients at its newly opened state-of-the-art medical campus.
Based in Denver, The Children?s Hospital facility was designed to meet the specific physical and emotional needs of children and their families. From the beginning, the
design partners, architects, physicians, nurses, employees, patients and families participated in a planning process that explored how light, touch, sound, taste and
scent work together to create a healing environment.
"We spent time with families and found out what was most important to them," said Susan Koch, RN, MSHA, director of clinical planning at Children?s. "We've created the
new hospital with these families in mind to ensure a more positive experience. The improved patient experience that Allen Technologies brings through their delivery of
TV programming, health education, games, movies and Internet in every inpatient room on big flat panel televisions adds to that positive, healing environment."
"Allen Technologies was excited to participate in such a state-of-the-art facility," said Gary Cowsert, CEO of Allen Technologies. "The Children?s Hospital was very forward
thinking and always kept their focus on the best service for the children and their families."
About The Children?s Hospital
Founded in 1908 in Denver, Colorado, The Children?s Hospital set out to be a leader in providing the best healthcare outcomes for children. That calling has made us one of
the top ten children?s hospitals in the nation, and, more importantly, a place parents have come to trust. As a private, not-for-profit pediatric healthcare network,
The Children?s Hospital is 100-percent dedicated to caring for kids of all ages and stages of growth. That dedication is evident in more than 1,000 pediatric specialists
and more than 2,400 full-time employees.
About Allen Technologies Inc.
Since 1982, Allen Technologies, Inc. (www.allentek.com) has delivered interactive, computer-based technology to hospitals nationwide. Allen
Technologies is recognized in the healthcare industry as the company which can help hospitals address the implementation of technology for
unparalleled patient satisfaction and improved staff management. With a 24/7 centralized monitoring system, Allen Technologies shoulders the
burden of tracking patient requests and posting alerts to staff.
Allen Technologies, Inc. developed Vigo, an interactive, multimedia, wide-area network platform for hospitals. Vigo
delivers a broad range of on-demand video and data entertainment as well as educational and information services to patients and hospital
staff. Using digital technology over a single network, Vigo converges interactive bedside displays and smart televisions resulting
in point-of-care data management, on-demand education for staff and patients, follow-up patient surveys, equipment tracking, premium patient
entertainment, bedside Internet and mail, and gift shop e-commerce all to improve the quality of patient care and nursing staff efficiency.
To learn more about Vigo and Allen Technologies, Inc., visit www.allentek.com.
For further information please contact:
Gary Cowsert
President & CEO
Allen Technologies Incorporated
512.258.7019 x 227
gcowsert@allentek.com
Vigo™, Vigo OneTouch™ and the ATI logo
are trademarks of Allen Technologies Inc.