Enhancing Patient Care: The Power of Smart Hospital Room TVs

Discover how smart hospital room TV technology improves patient care. Smart patient TVs offer meaningful health information and entertainment with comfort, safety, and nursing staff efficiency.

Intelligent Technology in Healthcare Facilities

Integrating smart technology into hospital rooms marks a modern era in healthcare. Hospitals use advanced software and digital whiteboards to display important health information at the bedside. This change is improving patient care. The software allows for easier access to vital health information.

Digital whiteboards and Smart TVs make communicating with patients easier for healthcare providers. This digital evolution is improving the overall efficiency of healthcare delivery, leveraging technology to minimize healthcare staff burnout, and enabling more personalized patient care.

PDi Communication Systems, Inc. (PDi) is an innovator in the industry. Since 1980, PDi has designed and built only UL-Listed hospital TVs. In 2013, Ohio-based PDi proudly began manufacturing the only Android(TM)-based hospital TVs in the industry.

PDi builds the only SmartTVs that are compatible with Epic(R) myChart(R) Bedside TV. This interactive Android app is only available from electronic health records industry leader Epic(R) Systems Corp. This app brings a strong advantage to Epic customers in improving the patient experience.

Epic delivers patient health information directly to PDi Hospital TVs. Patients easily control it via their PDI-GENiO smart pillow speaker from Curbell Medical. Some of the Epic patient information displayed on PDi TVs include

• My Care Team
• My Health Schedule
• Surgery Pre-op Instructions
• Patient Medication Information and more.

Smart technology is making hospital stays less daunting for patients while optimizing the workflow for medical staff. These innovations foster a more welcoming environment for patients and their families or care providers.

Nursing Benefits of Smart Hospital TVs for Patients

Smart Hospital TVs are more than entertainment devices. They are vital information display components for patient engagement and care coordination. Nurses benefit from Smart TV displays by saving nurses steps with fewer trips to the bedside.

The in-room patient displays improve communication with patients, such as

• to convey important health information and patient education,
• set reminders for medication,
• send patient messages or feedback surveys,
• and facilitate virtual sitters or telehealth consultations with specialists. PDi smart hospital TVs use the NESA Virtual Care platform within the Epic app to activate this feature.

This interactive approach enhances patient education, engagement, and adherence to treatment plans. This helps to empower patients to be active participants in their care.

Benefits of Smart TVs for Patient Safety and Comfort

The Smart Patient TV not only helps build connections with clinical staff, it creates a feeling of normalcy in the outside world.

Smart TVs in hospital rooms contribute significantly to patient satisfaction, safety, and comfort. GENiO(TM) cloud-based software subscriptions by PDi help to customize the patient experience. This solution offers entertainment options for different patient groups in hospitals.

Hospital patients enjoy music, movies, and streaming apps like Netflix or Hulu for entertainment. This can help pass the time and make their stay more enjoyable. These activities can provide comfort and normalcy during their hospital stay.

PDi takes patient privacy seriously. PDi smart TVs offer 3 ways to erase personal information, such as your Netflix account.

Fall prevention strategies are easy to implement using videos delivered on Smart Hospital TVs. Additionally, simple pillow speaker controls, help patients feel secure in bed with a nurse call button nearby.

Implementing Smart Hospital TV Technology

While smart hospital room technology presents numerous benefits, its implementation comes with challenges. Compatible pieces of technology that make up the Smart TV technology are key. New construction projects more commonly specify Ethernet, while existing hospitals may need to retrofit for Ethernet cable. How will patients control their smart TV?

You will need a solution that caters to the least compatible patient TV model. It may be less expensive to replace earlier model patient TVs because of new IP or smart technology solutions.

First, decide on the patient experience you want. Next, find a skilled broadcast carrier and integrator. They will help you bring your vision to life. Find a team that will work directly with your signal carrier. 

PDi and the PDi ProServices team meet your needs. We work with many head-end and TV signal providers and guarantee PDi Smart TV installations. With over 15 years of healthcare experience, the PDi ProServices team sets the standard of excellence in customer service and support for complete healthcare entertainment and information systems. We take away your installation challenges.

Lastly, it may seem cost-effective to hire a local company to do the installation, but healthcare TV installations vary much versus residential ones. Many local companies do the majority of their work in residential. 

Working with a healthcare company can save you time and money. They ensure you have the right equipment in the right place. They also ensure that it is set up correctly. These companies, like PDi, are more likely to create partnerships that enhance the Smart TV solutions and integrations needed to improve the patient experience in hospitals.

Smart hospital rooms will improve as technology advances, enhancing patient care and making hospital staff more efficient. PDi can help.