SAN JOSE, CA — (Marketwired) — 12/01/14 — With Christmas rapidly approaching, Santa is putting the final touches on his list and checking it twice. For the eighth straight year, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is teaming up with medical centers across North America to provide children who are hospitalized during the holidays the opportunity to speak with Santa and let him know which toys they hope to get for Christmas! From Canada, down to the U.S. and Latin America, Santa will virtually visit hospitals from his home at the North Pole, making cyber-stops by way of the magic of the latest mobile and collaboration technologies.
These hospitals, with the help of Cisco and our partners, are bringing a live feed of the North Pole to their patients — using either an iPad, or a video monitor and web-enabled camera. Santa will visit with children in the hospital–s playroom or pay bedside visits on a mobile cart or iPad enabled with Cisco Jabber software.
Much like children who are able to sit on Santa–s lap, patients will have the opportunity to pass along their wishes this holiday season in plenty of time for St. Nick to make his list and check it twice!
Santa Conducts Video Calls with Young Patients
December 2014
American Family Children–s Hospital
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children–s Hospital of Chicago
Boston Children–s Hospital
Children–s Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Children–s Healthcare of Atlanta
Children–s Hospital Colorado
Children–s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Children–s Hospital of The King–s Daughters
Children–s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Children–s National Health System
Cincinnati Children–s Hospital Medical Center
Cook Children–s
Dell Children–s Hospital of Central Texas
Hasbro Children–s Hospital
Holtz Children–s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson
Johns Hopkins Children–s Center
Loma Linda University Children–s Hospital
Nationwide Children–s Hospital
New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children–s Hospital
Penn State Hershey Children–s Hospital
ProMedica Toledo Children–s Hospital
Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health
SSM Cardinal Glennon Children–s Medical Center
Texas Children–s Hospital
The University of Vermont Medical Center
UC Davis Children–s Hospital
University of Minnesota Masonic Children–s Hospital
Cisco Santa Connection enables hospitalized children to remotely connect and communicate with Santa using Cisco–s video collaboration technologies, including TelePresence and Jabber
In support of the eighth annual Santa Connection program, many organizations contributed to make it possible including:
Avizia
CBTS
CDW Healthcare
Comstor
ePlus
Force 3
GDT
GTRI
Internetwork Engineering
Netech
Nexus, a Dimension Data company
Presidio
During the 2014 holiday season, more than 40 hospitals across the U.S. and Mexico will participate in the Cisco Santa Connection Program. This interactive experience enables hospitalized children to remotely connect and communicate with Santa using Cisco–s video collaboration technologies. Through the magic of the Internet, the children are connected over video directly to Santa–s workshop in the North Pole where they can share their wish lists directly with Old St. Nick. After a personal conversation with Santa, children can join their families and enjoy a holiday party complete with gifts at the hospital. Santa Connection was developed eight years ago to provide children and their families a bit of holiday cheer and happiness during their hospital stay. For more information, please contact Sarah Rich ().
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Sarah Rich
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