LodgeNet Continuing to Expand Healthcare Footprint

LodgeNet Continuing to Expand Healthcare Footprint

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano the Latest Healthcare Facility to Feature LodgeNet's Innovative Interactive TV Solution

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., and PLANO, Texas, July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation, a leading innovator in the delivery of on- demand patient education, information and entertainment to healthcare facilities, and Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano today announced that LodgeNet's interactive TV solution has been installed and activated on the 30- inch LCD televisions in the Baylor Plano patient rooms.

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Baylor Plano is utilizing the LodgeNet platform to deliver on-demand patient education, interactive hospital information, TV Internet access and electronic requests for hospital services as well as patient surveys. The LodgeNet system serves 96 patient rooms and was installed pursuant to an agreement facilitated through MDM Commercial, LodgeNet's sales representative in the healthcare market.

"We think interactive TV can help benefit patient care delivery," said Deanne D. Kindred, Vice President of Finance for Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano. "MDM also recognized this opportunity as well. The LodgeNet system provides reliable, quality patient education which we think will result in new efficiencies on the operational side as well."

"The addition of Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano to LodgeNet's client list proves the appeal of our solution to healthcare organizations that want to use interactive television to maximize their patient education efforts and offer the in-room entertainment options of a world class hotel," added Gary Kolbeck, Vice President Healthcare Business Development for LodgeNet.

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 leader in interactive TV & 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 hotel rooms and serves more than 6,000 hotel properties worldwide. LodgeNet estimates that during 2005 approximately 300 million domestic and international travelers had access to LodgeNet's interactive television network. LodgeNet is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET.

About Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano brings residents of Collin County and North Texas the benefits of an acute care medical and surgical facility that meets adult health care needs. Baylor Plano provides comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and follow-up care and offers a center of excellence -- the Baylor Scoliosis Center. Other specialized clinical services include internal medicine, gastroenterology, neurology, orthopaedics, pulmonology, medical and radiation oncology, cardiovascular services, women's services, surgical weight loss, a sleep center, gynecology, urology, pain management, all digital imaging and more. As part of Baylor Health Care System, Baylor Plano offers patients access to innovative treatments and clinical trials performed through Baylor Research Institute in such areas as oncology and cardiovascular services. The Baylor Plano campus is the future home of THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano, the first dedicated heart hospital in Collin County. For fiscal year 2005, Baylor Health Care System will report $306 million in community benefits to the Department of State Health Services.

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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
Janeen Browning, Director of Marketing, of Baylor Regional Medical Center,
+1-469-814-2107

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

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