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Mega-grocer teams with Google Assistant for contextual commerce

A new breed of accessibility apps can make life easier for people with disabilities. They can also make it harder.

We may not realize it, but retailers are conditioning us to be our own cashiers.

Health systems across the country are struggling to deal with two powerful trends whose convergence will change the health care system in profound ways: a population of seniors that is growing rapidly and a shrinking supply of doctors. Many organizations are exploring a mix of old-fashioned house calls and high-tech.

As ATA18 kicks into gear, the telemedicine industry is asking its members to start getting serious about making telehealth a standard of care.

TAMPA, Fla., April 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Epic Systems and MEDITECH Rise Atop Black Book 2018 Survey of Inpatient EHR Client Satisfaction Joinin

Miramont Family Medicine, a group practice in Fort Collins, Colorado, has four offices with staff and patients in each location. For physicians, finding the time to be physically present where and when they are needed can be difficult.

OnDemand Visit telehealth platform allows healthcare organizations to expand their service offerings and engage patients in a convenient way

Installed on golf courses in Denmark, the 46’’ PLASMV self-service kiosk for outdoor has been customized and integrates different components such as pinpad, contactless, card reader, scanner, RFID reader and ticket printer.

Within just a few weeks of each other, NewYork-Presbyterian and BayCare Health System each announced new telehealth kiosk programs with Walgreens and Publix, respectively.

The new budget deal signed into law by President Bush includes several provisions to improve Medicare reimbursement of telehealth and telemedicine.

The research found that today around a quarter (24%) of respondents would rather use a voice assistant than a website. However, in the next three years, this figure will rise to 40%. Close to a third – 31% – said they will prefer a voice assistant interaction to visiting a shop or a bank branch, compared to 20% today.

Apex Order Pick-Up Technologies, which makes self-service kiosks for a number of clients in the foodservice and retail industries, has announced a pick-up program for online purchases made at the NBA Store.

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Retailers are giving more consumers the option to shop without interacting with a cashier.

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QLess Helps Brick-And-Mortar Retailers Turn the Tide Against Slumping Sales

Kiosk Industry Group Association Quarterly News – Washington, D.C., Meeting with Access Board and Summit Research Report on Self-Checkout

This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.Amazon Go, the cashierless store design announced in late 2016, coincided with a flurry of Chinese tech companies to create their own versions of unmanned stores. For them, 2017 been a fruitful year in developing their solutions tailored for Chinese consumers as well as in educating the market.

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Walgreens is now offering access to NewYork-Presbyterian emergency physicians through its in-store medical kiosks. CVS has done the same with the Cleveland Clinic.

Google to consider “responsible and innovative” uses of the accessibility APIs.

The company taps HomeAdvisor and Porch to provide local contractors through a multistep voice-driven interaction.

More than three-quarters of hospitals offer telemedicine and more than half are looking to expand, according to a new survey by Foley & Lardner. Attorney Nathaniel Lacktman says hospitals have started to realize telehealth is necessary to keep pace with competitors, and some are even exploring opportunities abroad.

New legislation requires that attorneys give notice to business owners before a lawsuit is filed.

Google is sending emails warning developers to not use Accessibility Services outside of intended use, or their apps will be removed from the Play Store.

HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) – Many who frequent the Harrison County Courthouse have wondered why the Mississippi Highway Patrol kiosk is out of order consistently.Chase Elkins with the Missis

Thanks to some new bills in Congress, and more in the works, the implementation of telehealth programs in an array of clinical settings has taken off recently.

This is the first issue of AR Tech World (ARTW). Welcome! AR Tech World is a digest of the most relevant tech news related to Augmented Reality and other related Immersive Technologies. I will be presenting an overview as well as my own commentary and analysis on features, specs, and viability. My g

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is preparing for a go-live of a new medical records system that will come online overnight into Nov. 2.