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Study: Blood pressure kiosks well received by clinic staff and patients

November 11, 2016

Kiosks set up to measure blood pressure in a family medicine clinic offered engagement and education opportunities and was generally well accepted by clinicians, staff and patients, according to the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine,reported by healio.com.

The clinic participating in the study had five front desk employees, eight medical assistants, a physician assistant and six physicians.

Researchers found increasing time with patients, gaining a better understanding of a patients' blood pressure history and having more time to return other patients' phone calls were benefits to using the kiosk.