Wellstar Health adds secure check-in through Epic
Integration with the Clear identity platform in electronic health records enables the Georgia health system to roll out streamlined patient registration and on-site check-in via 'selfies' at kiosks. Photo: Thomas M. Barwick/Getty Images Atlanta-based Wellstar Health announced this week that it is deploying technology from Clear, the biometric security company best known for enabling faster access at airports and entertainment venues in order to streamline patient check-in. Clear's HIPAA-compliant mobile check-in technology, which is successfully integrated with its Epic electronic health records at a pilot location, gives Wellstar Health System real-time identity verification that can reduce waiting room friction, the company says. Wellstar codeveloped the patient identity application integration, which will become available out-of-the-box to other healthcare organizations that use Epic, and is the first health system to use it, Clear said in its announcement Tuesday. WHY IT MA…
