BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patient Portal Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:PPRG) announced today that its TB&A Television Services subsidiary has been awarded an eight-year contract from Alle-Kiski Medical Center, part of the 5 hospital West Penn Allegheny Health System, to provide an advanced technology platform for television education and entertainment services.
"We are pleased with the today's contract award with Alle-Kiski Medical Center. This agreement meshes perfectly with our strategy of obtaining long-term relationships with large healthcare providers. It enables us to introduce our platform and services to a 5 hospital group which positions us to add leading edge healthcare services to the Western Pennsylvania region. This re-emphasizes the unique opportunity that Patient Portal has among its healthcare providers to provide advanced technology with a large emphasis on patient satisfaction," said Kevin Kelly, President of Patient Portal Technologies. "Being selected as the provider of choice demonstrates our ability to deliver the right services at the right cost," Mr. Kelly added.
TB&A, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Patient Portal Technologies, Inc., has been a leader in providing patient communications services, patient education service and hospital equipment sales for over 20 years and has enjoyed long-term relationships with its hundreds of institutional customers. The Company's services include telephone and television rental, billing and collections service, repair tracking, television sales, and customer service for hospital patients.
Alle-Kiski Medical Center is one of the leading healthcare providers in Western Pennsylvania and was just placed in the top 5% in the nation for quality by HealthGardes.
Company information is available at http://www.patientportal.com.