The Patient Edu patient education content and /or learning management system is currently in use or being installed in many hospitals and practices including:

• Atlantic Health Systems - Overlook Hospital in Summit New Jersey
• Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD
• Baylor Heart Hospital in Plano, TX
• Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA
• Butler Health System in Butler, PA
• The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio
• Coastal Orthopedics in Brunswick, Maine
• Community Hospital North in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois
• Fairmont Hospital in Fairmont, West Virginia
• Holyoke Medical Center in Holyoke, Massachusetts
• Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, Illinois
• Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA
• Middletown Regional Hospital - Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, OH
• Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, LA
• Reid Hospital in Richmond, IN
• Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, IL
• St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana in Indianapolis, IN
• The Rothman Clinic in Philadelphia, PA
• The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, in Milwaukee, WI

Physician and hospital customers consistently site the risk management, efficiency, and patient satisfaction benefits of the Patient Education systems.

In addition,Tufts Health Plan has partnered with PatientEDU to deliver patient education through its member portal to help members diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer become better educated about their diagnoses.

What Users Say About the Patient Edu System

The Illinois Purchasing Collaborative, the Illinois Hospital Association's GPO, is excitedly promoting the Patient Edu system to IHA members. Here is an excerpt from a letter sent out to their members:

“Please allow me just a moment to introduce you to a very special company, Patient Edu. Patient Edu has made a significant investment into research and development producing a comprehensive interactive video education solution for … patients and their families. In addition, an electronic patient education management software system allows your nursing staff to customize education according to the individual patient’s clinical need. Just point and click to customize, verify viewing status or check patient’s current level of understanding. Did I mention that the system can be fully integrated with your EMR?

Your organization can benefit from this program in many ways including:

Significant time savings for your Nursing Staff

Lower readmission rate

Improved patient satisfaction

Joint Commission compliant audit reporting covering the continuum of education

Convenient web enabled viewing for Patients and family from pre-admission through post discharge

Integration with multiple EMR systems

On-demand television access or deployment on tablet PCs for bed side delivery

Seeing is truly believing.”

Brian R. Foster, Executive Vice President
Illinois Purchasing Collaberative

Visit the Illinois Hospital Association Website:
"What's New: Patient Edu Signs on with the IPC:
Patient Edu provides a comprehensive interactive video education solution for IHA member hospitals' patients and their families."

"We have this host of resources available to us, but smaller hospitals may not have all these resources. So I'm going to tell you about the process we go through, but on the other hand, if you don't have these resources available it's nice to rely on companies like Veritech and Patient EDU to help you develop the materials yourself."

Angela Costello, Coordinator of Patient Education,
The Cleveland Clinic

"We're not in the business of videography. We are patient care and that's what we want to focus our time on. So we tried to partner with a company that wanted to have good information, but had the expertise so that we weren't wasting our time doing the video portion. We wanted a company that was open to updating frequently, because we realize that standards change all the time and they have to current with the standards. So we partnered with a company that turned out to be Veritech. What they were offering us is an interactive computer based system. They use video and animated graphics to help patients understand the information easier. They're customizable for each patient so that every surgery patient or angioplasty patient or heart failure patient doesn't have to see the same information. They have the capabilities to test patient understanding and gather patient satisfaction and document information quickly. They're also able to create take-home videos."

"As far as nursing issues go there are really three issues: It needs to be quick. They don't want it to impact a lot on their daily routines. They're already stressed enough. They have to buy into it, so it needs to be current and up to date information. They have to feel like what they're providing is of value to the patient. And documentation issues are big, so it needs to be easy to document."

Betsy Stovsky, RN, MSN, Manager of Website and Resource and Information Center
The Cleveland Clinic

"I am writing to commend Veritech Corporation/Patient EDU, LLC on its Patient Education System. We have used the system at the Heart Center of Indiana for approximately 3 months. I would like to share with you the positive results we have experienced to date."    View complete letter

Carie Beard, RN, NPc, CNS, MS
The Heart Center of Indiana

"The Patient Education Shared Choice System™ is a powerful tool to help us maintain a high level of patient care while saving time and increasing the efficiency of our department."

Sharon Barker, R.N.
Toledo, Ohio

"The Patient Education System is the only useful tool on the market for gathering outcomes data and satisfaction data directly from the patient without additional staff time. It has been a measurably successful tool in helping me grow my practice."

Lawrence G. Morawa, M.D.
Dearborn Orthopaedic Institute