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Mega-grocer teams with Google Assistant for contextual commerce Continue Reading Kroger Launches Voice-Assistant Ordering for Grocery Ecommerce

A new breed of accessibility apps can make life easier for people with disabilities. They can also make it harder. Continue Reading In the City, Apps Help and Hinder Disability

We may not realize it, but retailers are conditioning us to be our own cashiers. Continue Reading You’re Going To Use That Self-Checkout Machine Whether You Like It Or Not

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. Continue Reading More High-Touch Than High-Tech, Providers Show Up at Seniors’ Front Doors

As ATA18 kicks into gear, the telemedicine industry is asking its members to start getting serious about making telehealth a standard of care. Continue Reading At ATA18, Telemedicine Moves From a Possibility to a Necessity

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

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. Continue Reading Telemedicine robot enables physician consultations in multiple locations

OnDemand Visit telehealth platform allows healthcare organizations to expand their service offerings and engage patients in a convenient way Continue Reading AMD Global Telemedicine Announces Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Platform for Healthcare Providers | Business Wire

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. Continue Reading Self-Service Technology for Golf Courses in Denmark

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. Continue Reading Two Healthcare Systems Use Telehealth Kiosks to Expand Reach

The new budget deal signed into law by President Bush includes several provisions to improve Medicare reimbursement of telehealth and telemedicine. Continue Reading Telehealth, Telemedicine Reimbursement Score Big in New Budget Deal

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. Continue Reading Voice assistants set to revolutionize commerce and become a dominant mode of consumer interaction in the next three years – Capgemini Worldwide

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. Continue Reading NBA Store Unveils Self-Service Lockers For Online Orders

BRUSSELS, Jan 13 ― The US money-transfer company MoneyGram International Inc confirmed yesterday that it had opened an office in Brussels and National Bank of Belgium had granted it licence as a | Money | Malay Mail Online Continue Reading MoneyGram opens office in Brussels

Retailers are giving more consumers the option to shop without interacting with a cashier. Continue Reading Between Walmart and Kroger, 500 stores are about to ditch cashiers

Introducing FACE by The Cali Group www.caliburger.com Directed by Ashley Avis a Winterstone Pictures production | www.winterstonepictures.com Continue Reading Introducing “FACE” the AI Kiosk

QLess Helps Brick-And-Mortar Retailers Turn the Tide Against Slumping Sales Continue Reading 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 Continue Reading In Kiosk ADA News – U.S. Access Board Meeting

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. Continue Reading Top 10 Chinese Unmanned Stores in 2017

HUMAN INTERACTION PREFERRED. Read more at straitstimes.com. Continue Reading More self-service kiosks at T1 in automation drive

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. Continue Reading Walgreens partners with NewYork-Presbyterian to offer in-store telemedicine

Google to consider “responsible and innovative” uses of the accessibility APIs. Continue Reading Public outcry causes Google to rethink banning powerful “accessibility” apps

The company taps HomeAdvisor and Porch to provide local contractors through a multistep voice-driven interaction. Continue Reading Google brings local lead generation to Google Assistant and Google Home

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. Continue Reading More than half of executives plan to grow their telehealth program, creating an ‘Amazon effect’ in healthcare | FierceHealthcare

New legislation requires that attorneys give notice to business owners before a lawsuit is filed. Continue Reading ‘Drive-by’ lawsuits under disabilities statute costing economy

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. Continue Reading Google is Threatening to Remove Apps with Accessibility Services 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 Continue Reading WLOX : Residents frustrated over out of service kiosk

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. Continue Reading 8 reasons why telehealth is gaining momentum right now

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 Continue Reading ARTW #1: Pushing AR Further

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is preparing for a go-live of a new medical records system that will come online overnight into Nov. 2. Continue Reading Vanderbilt hospital hurtles toward ‘Big Bang’ switch to Epic medical records system