Last Updated on May 31, 2026 by Craig Allen Keefner
CTS Healthcare introduced Kwerk, new middleware at HIMSS 2016, designed to help mid-size and smaller provider organizations integrate kiosks with their Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Kwerk addresses the need for an affordable bundled product that includes healthcare-proven hardware and high-quality patient check-in software solutions. Since launching its first kiosks in 2005, CTS Healthcare Services has facilitated over 200 million patient check-ins. More than 95 percent of healthcare organizations utilizing Epic’s Welcome patient check-in component use CTS Healthcare Services kiosks due to their critical integration capabilities.
Field report from Joe Grove with CTS Healthcare booth #3065 at HIMSS 2016 in Las Vegas today.
Here are some photos. I like the new High Brite (courtesy Panel Brite) in particular. Great unit.
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- A CTS HIMSS kiosk with a touch screen and card reader stands next to a foldable wheelchair on the carpeted floor. In the background, display panels and people in business attire enliven the convention atmosphere.
What new healthcare kiosk middleware was introduced at HIMSS 2016?
At HIMSS 2016, CTS Healthcare introduced Kwerk, new middleware designed to help mid-size and smaller provider organizations launch and integrate kiosks with their Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Kiosk maker CTS Healthcare unveiled Kwerk at HIMSS16 booth #3065. This middleware addresses the need for an affordable bundled product that includes healthcare-proven hardware and high-quality patient check-in software solutions. Since launching its first kiosks in 2005, CTS Healthcare Services has facilitated over 200 million patient check-ins, with over 95 percent of healthcare organizations using Epic’s Welcome patient check-in component utilizing CTS Healthcare Services kiosks due to their critical integration capabilities. Kwerk will connect with EHRs in any size facility and can also enable smaller organizations that simply want a standalone check-in solution to have one. In addition to patient check-in, the kiosks can accept co-pays and bill payments, be used for patient scheduling, secure consent to treatment signatures, issue privacy notices, change demographic information, and more. CTS Healthcare Services will offer Kwerk on a subscription basis.
At HIMSS16 booth #3065, the vendor will unveil Kwerk to help mid-size and smaller provider organizations launch and integrate kiosks.
Kiosk maker CTS Healthcare will start targeting mid-size and smaller provider organizations when it introduces at HIMSS16 new middleware dubbed Kwerk.
Since it launched its first kiosks in 2005, CTS Healthcare Services has racked up more than 200 million patient check-ins on its kiosks, the vendor said. More than 95 percent of healthcare organizations using the Welcome patient check-in component of Epic’s electronic health record system use CTS Healthcare Services kiosks, CTS Healthcare Services said. This is because Epic was very early to the patient check-in game, enabling the critical integration component.
“We’ve found a lot of potential customers with an interest in deploying check-in solutions but without the appropriate middleware piece that allows kiosks to talk to their EHRs,” Nix said. “So we developed Kwerk, which will talk to not only the EHRs in larger facilities but also serve as a bundled product we can offer the mid-market so potential customers at that level can have healthcare-proven hardware and high-quality patient check-in software solutions in an affordable package.”
Kwerk will connect with EHRs in any size facility, but will also enable smaller organizations that simply want a standalone check-in solution to have one. In addition to patient check-in, the kiosks can accept co-pays and bill payments, be used for patient scheduling, secure consent to treatment signatures, issue privacy notices, change demographic information, and more.
CTS Healthcare Services will offer Kwerk on a subscription basis, Nix said.
Where can I find more information about Kwerk and HIMSS 2016?
- You can find more information about Kwerk and HIMSS 2016 through several resources. Details on the new Kwerk software's debut are available, along with the HIMSS 2016 Schedule of Events and options to search for Exhibitors at HIMSS. Additionally, you can visit ctshealthcare.com and CTS on LinkedIn for further company and product information.
