An article over on MSN Money talks about the popularity of Nintendo's Wii in retirement communities.  Many of them are using the Wii as a tool for keeping residents active, as much as for its social draw.  Erickson Retirement Living has worked with Nintendo to place a Wii at each of their facilities.  (Full disclosure: Erickson Retirement Living is one of my customers.)

When we think about entertainment and technology in hospitals and other facilities, typically we think of the TV mounted on the wall, and the channels delivered through it.  But as the Wii shows, entertainment and technology are becoming more than delivering moving pictures.  Consoles, such as the Wii and XBox 360, can be used to get patients/residents more involved with their own care.  The Wii is great to get people moving around (you gotta hand it to the person who came up with the idea for the controller - I hope Nintendo has rewarded him/her well!); we've worked with Cerner to use XBox as a media/game/internet/patient education system - check out the case study about Cerner's Interactive Patient Station at Arkansas Children's Hospital.

How is technology improving the patient's experience at your facility?  Not just the quality of the care they get, but their experience of your facility?