January 17, 2012, Los Angeles — Health Literacy to Improve Patient Satisfaction:
To help pediatric hospitals provide consistently superior levels of patient engagement, education, and child-focused programming, Health Nuts Media has announced a strategic partnership with Skylight Healthcare Systems, a leading provider of interactive patient care systems. (more…)

November 10, 2011, Los Angeles – It’s official: Cedars-Sinai, the world-renowned Los Angeles “hospital of the stars”, has now become a Health Nut. Well, they’ve officially become a Health Nuts Media client, that is!

We’re very happy to add this prestigious institution to the growing family of healthcare providers who recognize the value of combining high quality animation, entertainment, and easy-to-understand healthcare education to their arsenal for enhancing health education and literacy, patient outcomes, and patient satisfaction. (more…)

October 26, 2011, Los Angeles — Today, Children’s Hospital at Scott & White, the brand new, high tech pediatric hospital in Temple, Texas, signed on as our newest Health Nuts Media client.

Scott & White is known throughout Texas as a very forward-thinking, technologically-advanced health care system. Their new children’s hospital employs state-of-the-art technology along with a leading edge child-friendly environment to provide world class care to the children and families of central Texas.

Health Nuts Media is proud to announce our inclusion in Scott & White’s vision for providing the best of care as they continue to set the standard for quality. (more…)

October 13, 2011, Los Angeles – Health Nuts Media, producer of animated pediatric health and wellness videos, announces a digital distribution agreement with Learn360 Health, the only single-source solution provider of Patient Education & Relaxation, Entertainment and Pediatric K-12 Educational Services.

“Doctors and patients are looking for effective, affordable and easy-to-use health literacy materials,” said Tim Jones, CEO of Health Nuts Media.  “Health Nuts Media is meeting the need for engaging, accurate content, and we are excited to partner with Learn360 Health to make our videos available across web, mobile, DVD and VOD channels.” (more…)

October 14, 2011 - Health Nuts Media will be in Boston tomorrow for the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition.

Not only will we be again sponsoring the AAP’s “Pediatric Office of the Future” (POF) exhibit, this year we’ll have our own booth directly across from the POF. If you’ll be in Boston, stop by and see first hand our groundbreaking incorporation of entertainment with high quality health education materials for kids and their families. You can purchase DVDs, order custom work, and get some fun “swag”, too.

As a special treat, we’ll be hosting a book signing by pediatric web site pioneer and renowned author, Dr. Alan Greene (more…)

August 7, 2011 - Studies are continuing to mount that animated video is a hands down winner over written pamphlets for educating patients about healthcare-related issues. Not only do animated videos get the message across better, they result in enhanced long-term knowledge retention, too.

A new prospective, randomized, controlled trial from the world of pediatric emergency medicine, “Animated Video vs Pamphlet: Comparing the Success of Educating Parents about Proper Antibiotic Use” from researchers in the Departments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Research and Sponsored programs at Children’s Hospital and Clinic of Minnesota in Minneapolis reported earlier this year that animated video took the top prize for effectiveness and lasting information retention (more…)