CHAPPAQUA, NY – Healthcare providers would be the first to admit that when it comes to calming worried children and their parents, a well-used book and a Muzak version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" just won't do the trick.
TeleHealth Services, a Chappaqua, N.Y.-based provider of on-demand patient and staff education services for healthcare providers, is targeting that problem in a new partnership with Medcalm, a Raleigh, N.C.-based developer of audio-visual wellness products. The two are combining to create Blue Monkey Planet, a pediatric channel pairing wellness education content with family-friendly video programs designed to take the tension out of a hospital visit.
In developing Blue Monkey Planet, Medcalm executives worked with authors, pediatric psychologists and sound-healing musicians to create programs designed to educate and ease the fears of children and parents both before and after the hospital visit.
"Each video incorporates a variety of messaging and education catering to the pediatric wards," said Amy Gordon-Fisher, Medcalm's founder and chief executive. "The goal of the content was to provide family-centric education across a broad foundation of techniques, allowing facilities to meet their educational needs and, thus, provide optimal healthcare for children."
Delivered via TeleHealth Services' TIGR family of on-demand patient education systems, Blue Monkey Planet features art, music and other visual relaxation programs, including "Feel Happy by Dr. Roxanne Daleo," "Healing Music for Children by Steven Halpern," "Tickle Monsters Are Robots and Other Stories by the Story Pirates" and "Visions of Africa by Earth VideoWorks."
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