Live Encoding & Streaming

Imagine this scenario

In your hospital, you want the same high-quality viewing in every patient room, every waiting room, and at every dialysis and chemotherapy station. You want custom TV lineup options for each individual patient based on age, diagnosis and even preference. You want all channel assignments to happen automatically based on HL7 information. With an eVideon solution, these elegant workflows are the natural outpouring of our flexible design.

All eVideon solutions are purely Internet Protocol (IP) and Ethernet based — end-to-end — often referred to as IPTV. Rather then requiring coaxial cable to distribute analog television within your facility, eVideon encodes each stream, such as a television channel, into a digital stream.

These streams can then be accessed from any bed or computer in your facility. You can think of a stream as sort of like a traditional TV channel, but the enabling technologies are very different on the back-end. Streaming does not have the same limitations that traditional analog transmission has.

Each channel is accessed from a channel list that is defined using a simple web browser interface. Channels are accessed and viewed from a TV, using a Set Top Box (STB), or from a standard web browser. You can determine who has access to which streams, and what time of day these streams are available.

Streams may also be a collection of video segments (files) that were previously recorded and will now be made into a custom program — your own channel or channels! For example it may be highlights from the Friday night football game, daily announcements, cafeteria menus, a message from the superintendent or a Hospital CEO. (using the eVideon VOD Server)

eVideon solutions have always been crafted to utilize “best of breed” technologies, remaining “agnostic” to hardware platforms, and giving the customer the flexibility to incorporate all the right components for their desired outcomes. Of course we have preferred streaming partners based on proven track records of stellar performance and value. So, an eVideon solution can be turn-key, where we provide every piece of technology from end-to-end, or we can be the centerpiece of your solution, working with your existing or preferred streaming technologies.

The eVideon solution has been a pioneer in bringing IPTV to hospital and healthcare environments, providing a quality, robust solution that will meet your needs for years to come.