Medical Utilization of Kiosks in the Delivery of Patient Education: A Systematic Review
Background: The utilization of kiosks has previously been shown to be effective for collecting information, delivering educational modules, and providing access to health information. We discuss a review of current literature for the utilization of kiosks for the delivery of patient education. Meth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Health Promotion Perspectives |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/HPP/Manuscript/HPP-4-1.pdf |
| Summary: | Background: The utilization of kiosks has previously been shown to be effective for collecting information, delivering educational modules, and providing access to health information. We discuss a review of current literature for the utilization of kiosks for the delivery of patient education.
Methods: The criteria for inclusion in this literature review were: (1) study dis-cusses the utilization of kiosks for patient health education; (2) study discusses the use of touch screens for patient health information; (3) published in English. Our review includes searches via MEDLINE databases and Google Scholar for the years 1996-2014.
Results: Overall, 167 articles were screened for final eligibility, and after discarding duplicates and non-eligible studies with abstract. Full-text review of 28 articles was included in the final analysis.
Conclusion: The review of available literature demonstrates the effectiveness of touch screen kiosks to educate patients and to improve healthcare, both at a performance and cost advantage over other modes of patient education. |
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| ISSN: | 2228-6497 2228-6497 |