Editors Note: Originally published on Gizmodo 2/26/2019. This is an excerpt. AN ALEXA IDEA WE LIKE Cedars-Sinai using an Alexa Patient Kiosk for self-selfservice. You can see the Amazon Echo mounted on the wall behind him. Photo: Cedars-Sinai While it’s hard not to roll your eyes at voice assistants getting added to every single thing in the smart home, a Los Angeles… Read More »
Accessibility Kiosks Legal News From KI – October 26th 10am – The courts find for ACB in suit against Quest. The case involved injunctive relief. So, that means an order telling quest to fix it and attorney fees for the plaintiff. We are checking with ACB to make sure we are identifying the correct unit (aka unit violating ADA).… Read More »
From Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Kaiser Permanente CEO and Chairman Bernard Tyson died unexpectedly in his sleep at the age of 60, the Oakland, California-based health system said Sunday. Tyson was named CEO in 2013 after serving in a number of roles throughout Kaiser, including hospital administrator and chief operating officer. His career at Kaiser spanned more than… Read More »
EPIC UGM 2019 User Conference Epic UGM 2019 in Verona is coming up very soon! This conference is for Users Only so you need to be an invited customer to attend. Epic UGM Planning Guide It’s Epic’s 40th birthday this year, and they’re celebrating with another exciting year of Epic UGM. The conference begins on Monday, August 26th,… Read More »
Excerpts from the California Health Foundation paper on check-in kiosk benefits. A PDF is included at the end for download. For this research, interviews were conducted with several health delivery organizations that are leading the way on the implementation and use of kiosks. The following case summaries demonstrate the wide variety of uses and benefits available to organizations… Read More »
Healthcare Kiosks Providing Benefits to Facilities and Patients Patient check-in kiosks are proving to be very valuable in helping clinics to run more efficiently. According to a recent internal study conducted by a healthcare facility in Idaho, check-in kiosks have shaved two minutes off of the average check-in time and over 50% off of the time it takes for… Read More »
Patient Check-In Kiosks Benefits Health care facilities are under increasing pressure to cut costs while improving the patient experience. Check-in kiosks can help accomplish that goal. For years, we’ve been able to book an airline flight, check in to a hotel and apply for a job via a self-service kiosk. For some reason, though, when we visit a… Read More »
