Allen Technologies' Interactive Patient Education and Entertainment System Goes Live at Scott & White's Center for Advanced Medicine
Interactive Technology Underscores Hospital's Commitment to Patients
and Families
Austin, TX, Mar. 2-Allen Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of
interactive education and entertainment systems to hospitals for nearly
30 years, has gone live with the installation of its Vigo™
interactive, multimedia network platform at the Scott & White Center
for Advanced Medicine (CAM) in Temple, Texas. Vigo
delivers a broad range of on-demand video and data entertainment as
well as education and information services to patients using interactive
bed-side displays and smart televisions. Hospital staff benefits from
point-of-care data management, follow-up patient surveys, and on-demand
education.
Scott & White is a nationally acclaimed health care organization recognized
for its commitment to education, research, and patient care. Scott &
White's CAM facility will have state-of-the art facilities and technology
for more comprehensive patent care and staff management.
"Allen Technologies and Scott & White share a commitment to patients
and their families," said Gary Cowsert, President and CEO of Allen Technologies.
"We look forward to working with Scott & White to provide patients with
state-of-the-art care specific to their individual needs."
About Scott & White
The Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation is a not-for-profit Texas
organization affiliated with Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic.
Established on December 29, 1897, by Dr. Arthur C. Scott and Dr. Raleigh
White, Jr., Scott & White is one of the largest multi-specialty group
practices in the United States. Scott & White's mission is to provide
personalized comprehensive high-quality health care enhanced by medical
education and research. The health system encompasses a main clinic
in Temple, 15 regional clinics and an award-winning teaching hospital
affiliated with The Texas A & M University System Health Science Center
College of Medicine. The nationally recognized health plan, another
component of the Scott & White system, provides coverage to more than
200,000 members in 34 counties. The 500-plus physicians and scientists
at Scott & White see patients from Texas, the Southwest, the United
States and many foreign countries. Physicians and scientists at Scott
& White see patients from Texas, the Southwest, the United States and
many foreign countries.
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.