Bronx VA Hospital Uses Microsoft-based Video Wall From Imtech to Help Provide Better Care for Patients.DENVILLE, N.J./BRONX, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999-- Video Wall, Part of Large NT Architecture and Office Environment, Offers Internet Feed, As Well As Easily Programmed and Maintained Archived Information The Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital and Imtech Corporation today announced the formal completion of a software controlled video/data wall at the Medical Center. The display helps the hospital help care for patients better by providing pre-programmed content as well as live Internet feeds. The video/data wall is part of an NT-based network at the VA which also includes NT Exchange and a large, scaleable integrated database architecture. "The goals of the video wall display are straightforward," said Linda Bund, Director of Information Systems at the Bronx VA. "The wall presents timely and accurate information on services available to veterans, the VA's mission, healthcare choices and achievements, and promotes the VA as an employer of choice. Over 4,000 patients, visitors, volunteers and employees pass by the lobby display every day." The Internet portion of the programming includes PointCast streams on news, weather and sports. The pre-programmed information is driven off of a Microsoft NT and PowerPoint system and includes displays of some of the high tech healthcare and diagnostic equipment used by the medical center's staff. "The wall must be informative, and visually elegant," stated Ms. Bund. "Like Internet pages a web site, the display needs to be ever-changing and constantly updated. Interestingly, The wall displays a broad range of employs several media input sources from TV, VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. , and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , to PC-based presentations and has a direct connection to the Internet using 'Push' technology." Much of the presentation work is done locally. The Medical Center's Visual Information Specialist (Illustrator), Pedro Perez, does much of the presentation work in Microsoft PowerPoint. Mr. Perez notes, "The beauty of this is, the wall is connected to our Microsoft NT Network so I can edit a current events presentation and drop it into the video wall's data folder instantaneously from my office. This keeps the information up-to-date." Veterans report that it assists in their healthcare choices and helps makes visits less intimidating. The Bronx VA is a tertiary care tertiary care Managed care The most specialized health care, administered to Pts with complex diseases who may require high-risk pharmacologic regimens, surgical procedures, or high-cost high-tech resources; TC is provided in 'tertiary care centers', often teaching hospital affiliated with The Mount Sinai Medical School and Columbia School of Dentistry Noun 1. school of dentistry - a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistry dental school grad school, graduate school - a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree , and a member of VISN VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network VISN Virtual Integrated Sky Network (Loral Orion) VISN Visual Interactive Support Network 3, (Veteran's Integrated Service Network), a healthcare network of VA Medical Centers and clinics in the NY/NJ NY/NJ New York/New Jersey area. The Veterans Administration is one of the largest users of Microsoft NT technology globally. About Imtech Corporation Founded in 1983, Imtech Corporation is a leading manufacturer of large-scale display and data visualization See information visualization. processing devices and control systems, holding several international patents in this field. An industry pioneer, Imtech introduced video wall technology to the US market in 1986. Today Imtech's technology is the driving force behind nearly 1,000 video and data wall installations worldwide. Winners of a 1997 Industrial Design and Excellence (IDEA) Award for Corporate & Public Interior Spaces - for Nasdaq MarketSite NASDAQ MarketSite (or simply MarketSite) is the physical presence of the NASDAQ stock market. Located in Times Square in New York City, it occupies the bottom of the Condé Nast Building, located at 4 Times Square. , Imtech's Systems Group has established a reputation as pre-eminent designers of large scale video/data display systems for corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. , network operations centers See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. , trading rooms, command and control, and other advanced applications. advanced retail and site-based entertainment applications. For more information about Imtech's leading-edge video and data wall technology, contact Imtech Corporation by phone at 888-8-IMTECH (846-8324), or visit the company's Web site: www.imtech.com |
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