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System and method for delivering medical examination, treatment and assistance over a network

  • US 20060293572A1
  • Filed: 04/24/2006
  • Published: 12/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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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 plurality of health care practitioner terminals to be in audiovisual communication over the network with any of a plurality of patient terminals;

    receiving a call at the call center initiated by a person 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 person and visually observe the patient, wherein the person is the patient, a family member of the patient, a second health care practitioner, or a combination thereof; 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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