Siemens Healthcare, Malvern Pa, and NCR Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, are collaborating to offer NCR MediKiosk solutions to the Siemens customer base in North America.

As an authorized NCR reseller, Siemens will offer the NCR MediKiosk, a self-service check-in solution that allows patients to identify themselves upon arrival at the facility, view and confirm demographic and insurance information, electronically sign consent documents and make co-payments.

Employing self-service technology helps healthcare organizations streamline the patient registration process, shorten wait times and reduce administrative costs by eliminating redundant and manual steps such as signature capture and forms scanning, as well as minimizing paper use.

Hospitals, clinics and physician practices that deploy self-service can also improve revenue cycle management by reducing the number of denied claims and increasing collection of co-payments and account balances. All information entered by patients at check-in flows seamlessly to healthcare organizations’ health information systems or physician practice management systems, helping minimize the risk of error.