Abstract: A system and method of issuing patient identification devices to patients in a self service fashion at a provider facility. The system includes a processor for obtaining first patient identification information from a patient, for retrieving second patient identification information from patient records, for positively identifying the patient by comparing the first identification information to the second identification information, for initiating a patient identification device with a code unique to the patient, for issuing the identification device to the patient, and for storing an indication that the identification device has been initiated and issued.

Abstract: A system and method of managing time spent for healthcare which provides patients with choices that can minimize time they spend attending to healthcare needs. The method includes establishing a record of patients which have checked-in at a healthcare facility by a server, storing times at which the patients received care from a healthcare provider by the server, storing patient wait time information by the server, and providing the patient wait time information to prospective patients through a web site by the server.

Abstract: A system and method of issuing patient identification devices to patients in a self service fashion at a provider facility. The system includes a processor for obtaining first patient identification information from a patient, for retrieving second patient identification information from patient records, for positively identifying the patient by comparing the first identification information to the second identification information, for initiating a patient identification device with a code unique to the patient, for issuing the identification device to the patient, and for storing an indication that the identification device has been initiated and issued.