Provider of hospital televisions and interactive patient engagement solutions TeleHealth Services and Samsung are launching SmarTigr to help hospitals and health systems improve both the patient experience and patient-provider communication.

The solution utilizes the Smart TV functionality of the Samsung healthcare televisions combined with the clinical features of TeleHealth’s iTigr patient engagement solution. As such, it lowers the cost of hospital patient interactive systems while expanding both clinical and non-clinical applications available, including electronic whiteboards, patient portal registration, internet access, and additional patient education and entertainment options.

“Samsung’s new Hospital Smart TV allows TeleHealth Services to bring a sophisticated interactive patient care platform to every hospital utilizing their existing wiring and without the use of a set-top box,” said Dan Nathan, senior vice president and general manager of TeleHealth Services.”This significantly streamlines the implementation while providing substantial cost savings. The new functionality supports hospitals in meeting Meaningful Use criteria, establishing efficiency in communications between patients and clinicians, and advancing community health programs.”

Samsung and TeleHealth Services first formed a partnership in 2010 to engineer, manufacture and distribute cutting-edge hospital televisions to the healthcare market.

“With the shared vision of our two companies and the power of the Smart TV for healthcare, these components become inseparable, allowing hospitals to provide a richer patient experience than ever before,” Nathan added.