Pressure is always on for healthcare providers to operate more efficiently while also providing better care and health outcomes. One way to accomplish this seemingly impossible task is a healthcare kiosk. This article addresses six benefits of patient check-in kiosks in a healthcare setting. 1) Healthcare Kiosks Streamline Patient Check-in Checking-in-patients is the “low-hanging fruit” in healthcare kiosk deployment. Kiosk systems can be…
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Ticketing kiosks have become nearly universal in airports today. Now their use is expanding to other areas as well. If there’s one place where the self-service kiosk has proven its value, it’s at the airport. Kiosks began appearing at airports around the world in the early 1990s, providing wayfinding and flight information services as well as allowing travelers to purchase tickets and print…
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Interactive touchscreens come in several varieties. Here’s a quick overview of the types and the applications to which each is best suited. Quick Overview Although interactive touchscreens have been around in one form or another since the late 1970s, over the past 10 years or so they’ve become an integral part of our lives. In fact, thanks to the iPhone, tablet computers and…
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Although mobile apps were once predicted to overshadow self-service kiosks, both have become a key component of many businesses’ digital strategy. Seven years ago, the CEO of a restaurant technology firm predicted that self-service kiosks were on the way out, their purpose made irrelevant by the spread of mobile apps. Why would a customer bother with a kiosk when they could perform the…
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AMD Global Telemedicine Inc. (AMD), the pioneer of clinical Telemedicine Encounter Management Solutions (TEMS) ®, and Olea Kiosks Inc, the premier global designer and manufacturer of self-service kiosks, announce a partnership to deliver customized kiosks for telehealth applications. The two long-standing healthcare vendors have combined their engineering and technology resources to offer a solution that addresses increasing demands for areas such as chronic disease management,…
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The choice between a tablet and a full-size kiosk comes down to the purpose for which it will be used. Although kiosk technology is becoming commonplace in a variety of verticals, areas where it has had a particular impact include both human resources and health care. On the human resources side, many companies are placing job application kiosks in retail stores or other…
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