Kiosk Hardware

[B.Thomas]

What is the preferred hardware setup for the kiosk? Is it a PC with a signature pad or something wireless like a Tablet PC or netbook?

I've been working on sheets (Hippa, med hx, registration) and I'm thinking something wireless would be nice for the patients to work on while seated but I'm not sure how a signature pad could get incoporated.

[drtech]

I think ideal for signatures and kiosks is for an all in one touch computer like an HP touchSmart. If you want signatures in the treatment rooms, a tablet is best for no wires. You can get some reconditioned touch smarts for like $500 for a pretty decent one.

[enamelrod]

or get an acer 22inch touchscreen and plug it into any win7 box and add a 5 dollar stylus done.

[irfan]

the touchscreen monitor is a great idea for having patients read/sign forms in person that were emailed to them! my front desk is always asking about a kiosk system of sorts to have them sign, but id rather not have laptops floating around. might get a little cramped at the desk if we start getting multiple people walking in at once

[B.Thomas]

I wonder if an I-pad or like device would work for a kiosk. There is no i-OS or Android OpenDental version yet of course.

[teethdood]

B.Thomas,

A little bit complicated, but here's how I think you can incorporate any ipad-like device into your setup:

1. Setup virtualbox on your frontdesk computer
2. Install an OS into that virtualbox
3. Enable remote desktop into that virtualized OS
4. Setup virtualized OS as an OD kiosk
5. iPad/android app to log in via Remote Desktop Connection into that virtualized OD kiosk. Hand iPad to your patients

I haven't tried this method, but I think it would work pretty well. They can sign and everything too.

I'm implementing my kiosk setup with a second monitor/KB/mouse plugged into the frontdesk computer. The person using the frontdesk computer can drag any window to the right and into the second monitor for the patient to see/fill in.

[B.Thomas]

Phillip,

That's pretty crafty! Recently, I was thinking myself, "I can access Opendental on an Android device through a web browser using Logmein so how can I do the same locally?" I've never tried Virtual Box but I can't wait to experiment at home. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks,

[irfan]

with the virtualbox, technically you need a new windows license dont you?

[teethdood]

irfan, yes you are correct. That's why I didn't go with that route. However the kiosk OS doesn't have to be anything fancy, so an old copy of win XP that you don't use anymore would suffice. But then again if you're going to fork out $700 for an ipad, what's $150 for a copy of win7? Just sayin'...

[B.Thomas]

I just received an ad for Dell's new Inspiron Duo with a touch screen and a keypad. That would be good for inputing data as well as signatures.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topi ... ?c=us&l=en

The drawback I see is that the processor is only an Intel® Atom® Dual Core N550 (1.5GHz/1MB cache)

Has anyone tried running OpenDental on a similar processor? Maybe a netbook?

[peterskuben]

yes...OD has a very small footprint, any OD workstation will run on an Atom processor.

[JrGong]

Electronic signatures sound like a handy feature.....but will they hold up in a court of law? Signatures require alot of integrity checks once they are digitized. I looked into this awhile back and was surprised at the difficulty of setting up electronic signatures that would hold up in a court of law, requires user authentication, integrity and most importantly non-repudiation.

[B.Thomas]

Hmmmm, I assumed that since so many offices and businesses were using electronic signatures it was accepted. How about all the credit card terminals? I doubt big corporations would use electronic signatures if they were not defendable.

Here is wiki's description;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_signature

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_El ... ctions_Act

[jordansparks]

The Topaz website explains how the signatures that we use meet the complex legal requirements.

[JrGong]

Probably should have researched how the electronic signatures where done in opendental before opening my mouth.

Also, just to clarify, never said that electronic signatures are not legal/accepted, just that you need to be careful of implementation (copy and pasting a digitized signature to a document won't hold up for a second in a court of law). Now I am curious if electronic signatures have ever been taking to trial......