Marijuana kiosks violate international treaties, drug control board says

February 18, 2008

The Associated Press: Marijuana vending kiosks in Los Angeles violate international treaties and should be shut down, the U.N.-affiliated drug control board…

Startup ‘eyes' health care

EyeSite kiosk founder hopes to get more people into the doctor's office.

Kiosk to warn of heart disease risks

February 7, 2008

The (Greeley, Colo.) Tribune: A kiosk in the Sunrise Community Health Clinic allows those who use it to know if they are at risk of heart disease, the leading…

Vending kiosks dispense marijuana in L.A.

January 30, 2008

Associated Press: The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru, Los Angeles, has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. Patients…

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center uses Aurillion for self-service kiosks

January 29, 2008

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has partnered with Aurillion to implement the Patient Automated Care Experience system.

Kiosk brings health info to Durham area public

January 29, 2008

NBC 17 (Durham, N.C.): It sits quietly against the wall in Durham Regional Hospitals' Emergency Department. There are no flashing lights, just an invitation…

Medical clinic's self-service met with favor

January 28, 2008

The Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald: The latest in patient health care technology has found its way to the lobby of the Scott & White Killeen Clinic as…

Southern Illinois not guaranteed to get pharmacy kiosks

January 17, 2008

TheSouthern.com: As part of new reforms to state pharmacy laws, Illinois drug stores have the right to install kiosks where customers can pick up…

London sex clinic adds touchscreen kiosk

November 26, 2007

icSouthLondon.co.uk: The Camberwell Sexual Health Center at King's College Hospital is a pilot project, aimed at making the treatment of sexually transmitted…

Brooklyn hospital intros ER kiosks

November 15, 2007

MAITLAND, Fla. — Kings County Hospital Center, a public hospital located in Brooklyn, N.Y., plans to deploy self-service kiosks in its emergency department to…

Galvanon signs up two new customers

November 5, 2007

Orlando Business Journal: Galvanon, an NCR Corp. company, has signed an agreement with two new customers for its online self-service system that offers…

SoloHealth seeks backing for vision-testing kiosks

October 30, 2007

Tech Journal South: Bart Foster came up with the idea for automated self-service vision-testing kiosks in malls and other public places while at CIBA Vision…

Mayo Clinic self-check-in offers innovative customer design

September 12, 2007

Business Week: It is strange to me that common practice in the service sector is to still test potential innovations with simple, written-concept statements.

IBM, NCR comment on kiosk growth in healthcare, fast food

August 30, 2007

San Jose Mercury News: As kiosks become more user-friendly and capable of handling more complicated tasks, healthcare providers, fast food chains and other…

Groceries use self-service to zero in on loyalty

August 26, 2007

The Charlotte Observer: Loyalty cards are moving higher-tech. Popularized in the 1990s and now a fixture on American keychains, the cards have for years been…

BLOG: Self-service in healthcare?

August 22, 2007

World Health Care Blog: Self-service is a growing element of chronic disease management, where patients check their own weight, blood pressure, glucose…

REPORT: Consumers want prescription-pickup kiosks

August 9, 2007

NEW HOPE, Pa. — Wilson Health Information LLC, a consumer insight firm, reports that more than 33,000 pharmacy customers cite convenience as one of the top…

Self-service check-in deployed at Ga. med center

August 6, 2007

MAITLAND, Fla. — Patients at the Georgia Heart Center, a service of the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, Ga., can now check in for medical…

Galvanon's eSignature enables paperless capture at kiosks

July 17, 2007

MAITLAND, Fla.  — Galvanon, an NCR Corp. company, has introduced eSignature, an electronic-document solution that allows healthcare organizations to digitally…

Solectron lands Parata System's pharmacy kiosk contract

July 17, 2007

MILPITAS, Calif. — Solectron Corp., which was recently purchased by Flextronics, has announced that pharmacy-automation supplier Parata Systems LLC has chosen…