Review: The LG 24-inch UL Hospital Grade Pro:Centric Smart TV

This television, designed specifically for healthcare environments, can help keep seniors engaged.

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The elderly population of the U.S. is growing rapidly. Technology that improves care is essential for senior living communities as they try to keep up with this growth.   

For example, nursing homes and continuing care communities are using high-definition displays to improve the level of comfort for residents and guests while enhancing the connection patients have with loved ones.

It’s easy to see how effective the LG 24-inch UL Hospital Grade Pro:Centric Smart TV could be at helping patients who may be confined to their rooms. During periods of extended isolation, this solution could help them cope by delivering capabilities such as videoconferencing with families, telemedicine with doctors and entertainment through TV programs and streaming video.

The telemedicine features embedded within these solutions deliver another option through which clinicians can administer care. Doctors and care providers can even pause programming on a TV to engage patients.

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What Makes This TV Smart?

More important, the ability to tailor each LG solution to meet the individual needs of a care community holds the potential to improve the level of care clinicians deliver. The right content can help patients suffering from Alzheimer’s remain calm while taking medications, or help minimize potential episodes of anger. 

To this aim, the LG Pro:Centric application allows providers to create their own content and manage multiple channels. Additionally, LG offers other important features including multibed functionality (for up to four beds), which effectively eliminates remote control interference for TVs in rooms with multiple residents.

Smart TVs such as the LG 24-inch UL Hospital Grade Pro:Centric Smart TV enhances patients’ connections with loved ones.

The Pro:Centric is designed specifically for patient room environments, with sleek contours and easy management tools. The smart TV supports quick setup with wizards or through USB cloning. The wizard was especially helpful; I had the television set up and all the desired back-end functionality configured quickly. Once a unit is set up, an administrator can simply give a resident or patient access to whatever functionality he or she needs, such as the ability to change channels or answer a videoconference call. 

The unit’s USB cloning capability, which allows IT staff members to simply copy settings to each TV they manage using a USB memory device, simplifies management. Just pop the USB device into each TV to complete the setup.

The LG 24-inch UL Hospital Grade Pro:Centric Smart TV can be a real game changer for healthcare systems and long-term care communities. For care providers who offer a TV in each room, the Pro:Centric’s smart features can assist with care and improve the quality of life for residents.

A Smart TV Offering Features and Protection

LG’s UL Hospital Grade televisions come equipped with features such as Pro:Centric Connect, a tool that enables IT teams to secure video calls on these large, high-definition screens. IT professionals simply update their application and add a compatible webcam to a Pro:Centric Smart TV to let patients connect with their families and the outside world.

For security, the television does not transmit patients’ personally identifiable information. Instead, it encrypts all calls and communication through the network. Moreover, the application that hosts the data links a specific patient with a specific room number, minimizing the possibility of unauthorized users accessing the system.

The Pro:Centric application also allows users to create their own content and manage multiple channels, which can be customized for long-term care facilities. Most of LG’s Hospital Grade Pro:Centric Smart TVs are also equipped with built-in pillow speaker ports and are compatible with most pillow speakers to provide more convenience to residents and staff.

Simple and Efficient TV Controls

The LG TVs also offer variable audio-out functions that enable external speakers to be connected to the TV. Additionally, the remote control is designed to be simpler and easier to use than previous models, and the EcoSmart feature provides energy-saving technology that reduces electricity costs.

The image quality of the LG 24-inch UL Hospital Grade Pro:Centric Smart TV is excellent. With a screen size of 24 inches, a resolution of 1366x768 pixels and a contrast ratio of 3000:1, the LG provides a cinematic experience that will impress patients and guests.

SPECIFICATIONS

SCREEN SIZE: 24 inches
RESOLUTION: 1366 x 768 pixels
CONTRAST RATIO: 3000:1
SOUND: Built-in pillow speaker port
VIDEO: NTSC (analog), ATSC (digital), UL-listed hospital grade
PLATFORM: Pro:Centric smart application platform
DIMENSIONS: 21.9 x 13.5 x 2.1 inches

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