• Optimal Solutions’ interactive patient TV system, called eVideon Healthcare, is featured throughout the new Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• The eVideon Healthcare system uses computer network IP protocol technology to provide patients and families with instant access to on-demand movies and TV channels in more than 200 patient rooms and reception areas throughout the newly constructed facility.
• In choosing the eVideon Healthcare system, the hospital has implemented the only end-to-end IP-based system available on the market.  Spectrum Health plans to extend the system from the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital to the Spectrum Health Medical Center and Blodgett Hospital.

• eVideon Healthcare is designed to help physicians and hospitals meet the ongoing demands of patient education while a patient is in the facility and, just as importantly, to access the information when a patient returns home.
• Patient education features can be added that include videos tailored to a patient’s condition and diagnosis.  The system integrates into the hospital’s electronic medical records software, identifying relevant information to assist with video selection.
• eVideon Healthcare provides up-to-the-minute evaluation tools for the physician. The use of survey/tracking options by the hospital can provide progress tracking and an assessment of patient comprehension. This feature ties into the physician and hospital goals of managing a patient’s disease and/or treatment through patient education and prevention.
• The system offers added efficiencies, allowing patients to communicate with ancillary services such as the cafeteria to order food or the physical plant to adjust room temperatures.
• eVideon Healthcare is considered a “green” technology choice, as it uses approximately 10 percent of the energy of its competitors’ products and doesn’t require individual computers in each room to manage content delivery.

The eVideon technology:

• eVideon Healthcare combines standardized network protocols and software designs to create a 100 percent IP-based system that delivers high-quality media content.
• eVideon Healthcare is scalable, allowing it to meet the changing needs of a hospital without great cost or infrastructure improvements.
• The system seamlessly integrates with existing data networking infrastructure and technologies, allowing the hospital to configure and support the system within the context of regular IT operations.
• Non-technical staff, such as nurses, can administer the day-to-day operation of the system in all locations through a web-based management tool, allowing them to customize available content and information menus.