Technology, virtual visits increasing patient access to care

Insurance companies and hospitals are continuing to develop and offer new digital tools to connect patients with health providers at the click of a button, day or night.

Source: www.journal-news.com

Private commercial insurer Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio — with 3.3 million people enrolled in health plans in Ohio — is rolling out MedStop Consoles, or kiosks, that give consumers 24-hour access to physicians through virtual visits, said Marcus Taylor, regional vice president of sales.

The kiosks, powered by the technology LiveHealth Online, are being marketed toward large employers with over 1,000 employees, Taylor said. The kiosks cost about $50,000, he said.

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Tech News – ambient light enhancing

AmbiLED HD adhesive strip – no additional cabling or construction needed. Attach the strip to the back of their monitor to enhance the experience. AmbiLED HD ontrols up to 256 LEDs . The adhesive LED strip basically projects the nearest color to the background to improve the viewer’s visual experience.

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Denver Area’s First Bitcoin ATM Kiosk

>PRWEB.COM Newswire

Source: www.digitaljournal.com

The company says their kiosk attendants are ready to help throughout the transaction process. That includes clearing up common misconceptions surrounding bitcoin, and explaining security risks; even sending a micro transaction to a new user’s wallet demonstrating the ease and speed of transactions on the bitcoin network. Also, according to Berger, “the opportunity to gain direct feedback from new or potential users will be invaluable to refining our education efforts. We hope to share that insight with other companies in the bitcoin space building user-centric platforms.”

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8 Signs of an Amateur Kiosk Application

Andrew Savala of KioskSimple lists out eight common mistakes that come up again and again these days.

Source: blog.kiosksimple.com

Learning from others mistakes can help you not make those same mistakes.  There are probably more mistakes to learn from than there are ideal home runs to learn from.

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Why Microsoft Withdrawing Mainstream Support For Windows 7 Is A Bad Idea

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) intends to end mainstream support for several key Windows products such as Windows Server 2003, Windows 7 and Office 2010 Service Pack 1 among others. The Redmond giant intends to stop providing mainst

Source: seekingalpha.com

I didn’t see this coming but it actually makes sense to me.  I think the next big focus has to be Win9
  • Microsoft will no longer continue developing new service packs or adding new features to Windows 7 after Jan. 13, 2015.
  • More than half the world’s PCs run on Windows 7, more than double the number running on Windows XP.
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Alliance hospital uses tablets to assist in patient care | Fort Worth

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance says it is the first in the country to implement patient services tablet technology.

Source: www.star-telegram.com

Besides being able to adjust the room temperature, patients can use the tablets to call for a nurse, check medical files for lab results and appointment dates, browse the Internet, read health articles and log into apps such as Skype and Netflix.

“I’ve ordered my food. I’ve had fights with my husband about the temperature,” Adkins said, laughing. Kaden’s big sister, Kaylee, has also enjoyed using the hospital’s tablet technology. “With my 3-year-old, we were able to play Frozen and stop it and rewind it to her favorite songs.

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Branding – The Power of Visual Branding

Branding – The Power of Visual Branding presentation by Eric Balinski. 

Source: selfserviceindustry.com

Key Points

  • Brand images has instant meaning and cuts through a world of clutter
  • The convergence of the physical environment with online and mobile is creating new arenas to engage and create customer experiences.
  • Presence in the physical world is critical to the brand visibility, credibility, and reinforcing the customer’s experience with the brand.
  • Physical environment are critical to building the brand and its value proposition, in addition to generating the customer relationship and sales.
  • The physical environments provide information, human energy and touch points, which cannot be easily duplicated in the mobile or on-line worlds.
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UC San Diego Health System intros self-service solutions

UC San Diego Health System is partnering with SeePoint, designer and manufacturer of interactive kiosk systems, to overhaul its check-in and vendor management system, according to a press release.

Source: www.kioskmarketplace.com

Vendor check-in units at healthcare are a market all to itself.  Also see story on HID badges being “cracked” a few days ago.

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Leapfrogging EMV versus Going Straight to Mobile

EMV is getting real in the US as consumers are now getting chip cards in the mail. But if it’s going to take many years before all merchants are able to accept

Source: www.pymnts.com

Gemalto — “What I can say is there is a higher amount of activities from financial institutions in launching their EMV portfolios. The amount of activity in the first half this year is substantial, and the marketplace will easily have over 100 million EMV cards delivered to customers before the end of 2014. And that can easily be 2 or 3 times that by the time of the liability shift. “

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