Yu-Feng Yvonne Chan
1*, Roxanne Nagurka
2, Suzanne Bentley
1, Edgardo Ordonez
3, William Sproule
21 Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA
3 Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA
Abstract
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 discusses 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.