Hi. How do you mean? Surely a cheaper price tag would be useful to a clinic?
I don't know about any specifics pertaining to this particular clinic, but off the top of my head I can think of a few potential technical benefits. With a camera, you could scan codes from a greater distance than with the old hardware readers. You could even have a camera constantly scanning a whole waiting room, and a patient would only need to flash his card for the clinic to know that a patient has "checked in". Or you could just have a camera scanning the area directly in front of a counter, and the patient won't have to actually hand over the card to the receptionist. This could be useful for hygiene and disease-control. Again, even if you don't need any of the above, a camera + software decoder is still much cheaper than a hardware decoder. On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Can you give a use case for this that is useful for a clinic where a patient > shows up at the counter desk? > > rgds, > Reinier > > On Saturday 04 February 2012 11:59:26 Benjamin Tayehanpour wrote: >> That may have been true ten or twenty years ago, and of course still >> true for technology from that time, but today most new installations >> use a camera and decode the bar code in software, the benefits being >> you can support virtually any type of code and cheaper hardware. The >> only modern installations with hardware decoders I've seen are in >> time-critical content-controlled environments such as conveyor belts, >> because the camera + software variant is a bit slower. >> >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Reinier Battenberg >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Why not just add another explanation of what barcodes (and barcode >> > readers) are. >> > >> > They are a keyboard. >> > >> > How it works: >> > >> > - You install a barcode font from the web. >> > - You print the customer number you already have, on the customer card, >> > in the barcode font (so it looks like stripes) >> > - When the client comes in with the card, you place your cursor in the >> > customer number searchfield in your application >> > - You scan the barcode, and the barcode software on your machine inserts >> > the customer number in the customer number field >> > - You find the client. >> > >> > The 2 biggest advantages of this: >> > >> > - Its fast >> > - It makes far less errors than a human >> > >> > That is all barcodes will do for you. (and sometimes that is very very >> > useful) >> > >> > rgds, >> > reinier >> > >> > On Saturday 04 February 2012 13:46:12 [email protected] wrote: >> >> Barcodes like magnetic stripes on CC are great for retrieving data >> >> quickly like in a supermarket but provide zero ability to >> >> authenticate the person holding the card, is who they are supposed to >> >> be. To do that you need some kind of biometric system usually like a >> >> fingerprint scanner or pin code. >> >> >> >> The question is more one of effort and cost, also making sure you have >> >> good checks and balances on the services the patient uses. If someone >> >> comes in with another patients card and uses the service then the >> >> real patient comes in and can't because 'their friend' used it up >> >> they should get the message pretty quick. >> >> >> >> On 4 February 2012 13:36, Godfrey Baluku <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Benjamin,**** >> >> > >> >> > The problem here is updating the members who have subscribed to >> >> > the >> >> > insurance scheme. I usually get over 300 members. Updating the >> >> > system >> >> > takes me time because I have to input one member at a time. **** >> >> > >> >> > ** ** >> >> > >> >> > Thanks**** >> >> > >> >> > ** ** >> >> > >> >> > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> > *On >> >> > Behalf Of *Bernard Adongo >> >> > *Sent:* 04 February 2012 13:31 >> >> > >> >> > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group >> >> > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] Barcode generator and reader software/ >> >> > barcode >> >> > scanner**** >> >> > >> >> > ** ** >> >> > >> >> > So what is the barcode for, again?**** >> >> > >> >> > On 4 Feb 2012 13:22, "Godfrey Baluku" <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote:**** >> >> > >> >> > Thanks Benjamin,**** >> >> > >> >> > **** >> >> > >> >> > What I forgot to tell you is that, I’ve got an existing database >> >> > that >> >> > has >> >> > a photograph of the beneficiaries to this scheme. Through this, I >> >> > can >> >> > identify if the person is the real owner of the ID Card.**** >> >> > >> >> > **** >> >> > >> >> > Many thanks.**** >> >> > >> >> > **** >> >> > >> >> > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> > *On >> >> > Behalf Of *[email protected] >> >> > *Sent:* 04 February 2012 13:14 >> >> > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group >> >> > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] Barcode generator and reader software/ >> >> > barcode >> >> > scanner**** >> >> > >> >> > **** >> >> > >> >> > Hello fellow Tech Baluku. >> >> > >> >> > Two questions: >> >> > 1. How do you propose to prevent identity theft? >> >> > 2. How do you propose to prevent identity lending? >> >> > >> >> > Regards, >> >> > Benjamin T**** >> >> > >> >> > Godfrey Baluku <[email protected]> wrote:**** >> >> > >> >> > Hello Lug,**** >> >> > >> >> > **** >> >> > >> >> > I’ve got this idea of implementing a health insurance system using >> >> > barcode reader/scanner. This is the flow of the tasks. **** >> >> > >> >> > 1. Print identity cards with bar codes and issue them to >> >> > the >> >> > beneficiaries of the insurance scheme.**** >> >> > >> >> > 2. After a person has subscribed for a period, let’s say 6 >> >> > months, I update his/her details in the database by use of a >> >> > barcode scanner. This is how I will do it:-**** >> >> > >> >> > a. He/she presents his card.**** >> >> > >> >> > b. I update his/her details by use of the barcode >> >> > scanner.**** >> >> > >> >> > 3. When this perso n wants to access medical services, >> >> > he/she >> >> > comes >> >> > with his/her ID Card.**** >> >> > >> >> > 4. I use a barcode scanner to identify the validity of this >> >> > person. **** >> >> > >> >> > Where and how can I find the appropriate Device/Software.**** >> >> > >> >> > **** >> >> > >> >> > Thanks**** >> >> > >> >> > **** >> >> > >> >> > *Godfrey Baluku >> >> > IT Tech >> >> > Bwindi Community Hospital >> >> > www.bwindihospital.com >> >> > www.facebook/gbaluku >> >> > KypeID: bmgodie***** >> >> > >> >> > *Yahoo:balugodie >> >> > +256784420939/+256791844512* >> >> > >> >> > “*Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be >> >> > carried to great an extent. in my passion for it i even carry it >> >> > so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself*." Mark >> >> > Twain**** >> >> > >> >> > **** >> >> > >> >> > **** >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> > >> >> > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > Mailing list archives: >> >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> > >> >> > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> >> > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> > >> >> > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >> >> > (including attachments if any). 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