Foundation Surgery Affiliates Selects LodgeNet for Interactive TV Solution

Foundation Surgery Affiliates Selects LodgeNet for Interactive TV Solution

LodgeNet Providing Interactive Digital Television Technology, Content And Support For Upscale TV Experience In Foundation Patient Rooms

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. and OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 19 /PRNewswire-
FirstCall/ -- Moving boldly to address the trend toward consumerization in the healthcare industry, Foundation Surgery Affiliates and LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation are teaming to provide an unprecedented entertainment experience in the patient rooms of three Foundation Surgical facilities.

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To complement the large-screen, high resolution televisions Foundation Surgery Affiliates recently installed in its Houston and Oklahoma City facilities, LodgeNet is delivering interactive hospital information, patient education, on-demand movies, music, games as well as patient surveys that send real-time feedback to care staff. A similar solution will be installed in a third Foundation facility under construction in San Antonio. The installations are pursuant to an agreement facilitated through MDM Commercial, LodgeNet's sales representative within the healthcare market.

"LodgeNet is excited to be working with Foundation Surgery Affiliates, a visionary organization that understands the changing expectations of patients and the competitive pressures of today's healthcare market," said Gary Kolbeck, Vice President Healthcare Business Development for LodgeNet. "We understand that patients are finding our systems easy to use, a testament to the 20 years we have spent refining interactive TV navigation in hotel guest rooms, along with enhancements we've designed specifically for healthcare consumers."

"Our vision includes providing patients and their visitors with the amenities of a world-class hotel," said Louisa Adelung, CEO for Foundation Surgical Hospital in Houston, Texas. "A few local channels on a tired old TV doesn't do it anymore. We went all-out installing 42-inch flat panel displays, and we chose LodgeNet to help us maximize our return on that investment -- not as a one-time vendor but an expert partner with superior service and support and the ability to evolve their solutions as our needs grow and change."

About LodgeNet

LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation ( http://www.lodgenet.com/ ) is a leading innovator in the delivery of on-demand patient education, information and entertainment to healthcare facilities. LodgeNet is also the world's largest provider of interactive television and broadband solutions to hotels throughout the United States and Canada as well as select international markets. These services include on-demand movies, on-demand games, music and music videos, subscription sports programming and television on-demand programming, as well as high-speed Internet access, all designed to serve the needs of the lodging industry and the traveling public. LodgeNet provides service to more than one million interactive rooms and serves more than 6,000 properties worldwide. LodgeNet estimates that during 2005 approximately 300 million domestic and international travelers had access to LodgeNet's interactive television network. In addition, LodgeNet is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET.

About Foundation Surgery Affiliates

Foundation Surgery Affiliates is a health care management organization founded on the values of excellence, leadership, integrity and compassion. Foundation Surgery Affiliates exists to provide the highest quality services for our physician partners and to deliver the best patient care in the industry. Foundation Surgery Affiliates specializes in project development, facility design, partner recruitment and facility operations for ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, surgical hospitals, bariatric centers and healthplexes. The goal at Foundation Surgery Affiliates is to consistently deliver quality care to our patients and partner surgeons. For more information about FSA, visit us online at http://www.foundationsurgery.com/ .

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LodgeNet is a registered trademark of LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. All rights reserved.

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Source: LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation

CONTACT: Ann Parker, Director of Corporate Communications, of LodgeNet
Entertainment Corporation, +1-605-988-1000, communications@lodgenet.com ; or
Curtis Summers, Vice President of Marketing-PR, of Foundation Surgery
Affiliates, +1-405-608-1721, csummers@fsamail.com

Web site: http://www.foundationsurgery.com/
http://www.lodgenet.com/

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