System and method for delivering medical examination, treatment and assistance over a network
First Claim
1. A method for delivering medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment services to a patient over a network, the method comprising:
- providing a call center enabling any of a first plurality of health care practitioner terminals to be in audiovisual communication over the network with any of a second plurality of patient terminals;
receiving a call at the call center from a patient at one of the patient terminals and routing the call to an available health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals, so that the available health care practitioner may carry on a two-way conversation with the patient and visually observe the patient; and
permitting the available health care practitioner to make an assessment of the patient and to conduct an examination of the patient over the network, including by a visual study of the patient.
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Abstract
A method for providing a covering physician service includes informing a patient of a practicing physician of the availability of the plurality of patient terminals and referring the patient to one of the patient terminals upon the agreement of the patient. A call from the patient at the patient terminal is received at a call center. The call center enables any of a first plurality of physician (or other health care practitioner) terminals to be in audio-visual communication over the network with any of a second plurality of patient terminals. The call is routed to an available physician or other health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals so that the available physician may carry on a two-way conversation with the patient and visually observe the patient. The available physician or health care practitioner is permitted to make an assessment of the patient and to treat the patient.
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1. A method for delivering medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment services to a patient over a network, the method comprising:
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providing a call center enabling any of a first plurality of health care practitioner terminals to be in audiovisual communication over the network with any of a second plurality of patient terminals;
receiving a call at the call center from a patient at one of the patient terminals and routing the call to an available health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals, so that the available health care practitioner may carry on a two-way conversation with the patient and visually observe the patient; and
permitting the available health care practitioner to make an assessment of the patient and to conduct an examination of the patient over the network, including by a visual study of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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