At-home medical examination system and at-home medical examination method
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Abstract
An at-home medical consultation system includes a reception server, a communication server, a mail server, an administration server, doctor terminals, a nurse terminal, a waiting room terminal, a reception terminal and a pharmacy terminal, and is connected to patient terminals via a communication line to provide an at-home medical consultation service by videophone. The communication server includes a destination table and provides a virtual consultation room, a virtual waiting room, a virtual nursing room and a virtual individual conversation room depending upon the desired operation. The patient terminal includes a nurse call button and a medical examination sensor such that the nurse terminal can be called when the patient'"'"'s condition suddenly deteriorates and vital signs of the patient can be remotely monitored.
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76 Claims
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37. :
- An at-home medical consultation system comprising;
a reception server including a function for accepting a request for medical consultation from a patient terminal having a videophone function used by a patient at home, and a function for connecting the patient terminal whose request for medical consultation has been accepted to a doctor terminal having a videophone function; and
a communication server including a function for providing a bidirectional communication service of video and audio between the connected patient terminal and the doctor terminal;
whereinthe communication server includes a function for setting a virtual nursing room to which is connected the patient terminal used by a person who must be monitored for a deterioration in a condition of the person such that the condition can be confirmed from a nurse terminal or a doctor terminal having a videophone function;
the reception server includes a function for connecting the patient terminal to the virtual nursing room that has been set upon a request from the patient terminal used by the person who must be monitored, and a function for connecting a requesting terminal to the virtual nursing room that has been set upon a request from a nurse terminal or a doctor terminal having the videophone function;
the communication server includes a function for receiving at least video transmitted from the patient terminal connected to the virtual nursing room that has been set and synthesizing the video so as to be displayed side by side at the requesting terminal, and a function for transmitting the synthesized video to the requesting terminal;
the reception server includes a function for selecting a patient terminal connected to the virtual nursing room that is set based on a location on a screen specified by a pointing device at the requesting terminal, and a function for separately connecting the selected patient terminal to the requesting terminal; and
the communication server includes a function for providing a bidirectional communication service by video and audio between the patient terminal and the requesting terminal that have been connected. - View Dependent Claims (39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61)
- An at-home medical consultation system comprising;
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- An at-home medical consultation system comprising;
a reception server, including a function for accepting a request for medical consultation from a patient terminal having a videophone function used by a patient at home, and a function for connecting the patient terminal whose request for medical consultation has been accepted to a doctor terminal having a videophone function; and
a communication server including a function for providing a bidirectional communication service of video and audio between the connected patient terminal and the doctor terminal;
whereinthe communication server includes a function for setting a virtual nursing room to which is connected the patient terminal used by a person who must be monitored for a deterioration in a condition of the person such that the condition can be confirmed from a nurse terminal or a doctor terminal having a videophone function;
the reception server includes a function for connecting the patient terminal to the virtual nursing room that has been set upon a request from the patient terminal used by the person who must be monitored, and a function for connecting a requesting terminal to the virtual nursing room that has been set upon a request from a nurse terminal or a doctor terminal having the videophone function;
the communication server includes a function for receiving at least video transmitted from the patient terminals connected to the virtual nursing room that has been set and transmitting at least the video to the requesting terminal;
the requesting terminal includes a function for receiving at least the video transmitted from the patient terminals connected to the virtual nursing room that has been set and displaying them side by side;
the requesting terminal includes a function for selecting a patient terminal connected to the virtual nursing room based on a location on a screen specified by a pointing device;
the reception server includes a function for separately connecting the selected patient terminal to the requesting terminal; and
the communication server includes a function for providing a bidirectional communication service by video and audio between the patient terminal and the requesting terminal that have been connected. - View Dependent Claims (40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62)
- An at-home medical consultation system comprising;
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- An at-home medical consultation method comprising;
a reception step which includes a step of accepting a request for medical consultation from a patient terminal having a videophone function used by a patient at home, and a step of connecting the patient terminal whose request for medical consultation has been accepted to a doctor terminal having a videophone function; and
a communication step which includes a step of providing a bidirectional communication service of video and audio between the connected patient terminal and the doctor terminal;
whereinthe communication step includes a step of setting a virtual nursing room to which is connected the patient terminal used by a person who must be monitored for deterioration of a condition, such that the condition can be confirmed from a nurse terminal or a doctor terminal having a videophone function;
the reception step includes a step of connecting the patient terminal to the virtual nursing room that has been set upon a request from the patient terminal used by the person who must be monitored, and a step of connecting a requesting terminal to the virtual nursing room that has been set upon a request from a nurse terminal or a doctor terminal having the videophone function;
the communication step includes a step of receiving at least video transmitted from the patient terminals connected to the virtual nursing room that has been set and synthesizing the video so as to be displayed side by side at the requesting terminal, and a step of transmitting the synthesized videos to the requesting terminal;
the reception step includes a step of selecting a patient terminal connected to the virtual nursing room that is set based upon a position in a screen specified by a pointing device at the requesting terminal, and a step of separately connecting the selected patient terminal to the requesting terminal; and
the communication step includes a step of providing a bidirectional communication service by video and audio between the patient terminal and the requesting terminal that have been connected. - View Dependent Claims (65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75)
- An at-home medical consultation method comprising;
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- An at-home medical consultation method comprising;
a reception step which includes a step of accepting a request for medical consultation from a patient terminal having a videophone function used by a patient at home, and a step of connecting the patient terminal whose request for medical consultation has been accepted to a doctor terminal having a videophone function; and
a communication step which includes a step of providing a bidirectional communication service of video and audio between the connected patient terminal and the doctor terminal;
whereinthe communication step includes a step of setting a virtual nursing room to which is connected the patient terminal used by a person who must be monitored for a deterioration in a condition, such that the condition can be confirmed from a nurse terminal or a doctor terminal having a videophone function;
the reception step includes a step of connecting the patient terminal to the virtual nursing room that has been set upon a request from the patient terminal used by the person who must be monitored, and a step of connecting the requesting terminal to the virtual nursing room that has been set upon a request from a nurse terminal or a doctor terminal having the videophone function;
the communication step includes a step of receiving at least video transmitted from the patient terminals connected to the virtual nursing room that has been set and transmitting at least the video to the requesting terminal, and a step of receiving at least the video transmitted from the patient terminals connected to the virtual nursing room that has been set and displaying them side by side in the requesting terminal;
the reception step includes a step of selecting a patient terminal connected to the virtual nursing room based on a location in a screen specified by a pointing device in the requesting terminal and a step of separately connecting the selected patient terminal to the requesting terminal;
the communication step includes a step of providing a bidirectional communication service by video and audio between the patient terminal and the requesting terminal that have been connected. - View Dependent Claims (66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76)
- An at-home medical consultation method comprising;
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