Bilingual health kiosks going into Sam's Club

The new SoloHealth Station kiosks being installed in Sam’s Club stores around the country are another expression of retail-based portals into the health care system. The bilingual kiosks will provide free screening for vision, blood pressure, weight, and body mass index – but beyond being a symptom checker/health assessment, “it also helps connect consumers to local professionals through their databases,” says Stone Hearth News, “helping people enter the most appropriate and accurate point in the health care system.”

Like any new digital tool, the value created by these kiosks will be directly linked to the number of users they have, and promotion will likely be required to build a large enough user base. But given that the kiosks “offer integration across a multi-platform ecosystem complete with digital signage, Internet, mobile and social media” perhaps the promotion will prove to be more personalized and engaging than the traditional blood pressure machine.