Medical treatment modality for headache, pain, and other medical disorders
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1. A method for medical treatment of select medical issues at a remote medical facility and under remote supervision of a managing physician, the method comprising:
- providing a central medical facility for the managing physician;
providing the remote medical facility for treatment, by at least one skilled medical professional, of at least one patient;
providing a communications network adapted to transmit information between the central medical facility and the remote medical facility;
evaluating the patient at the remote medical facility for treatment of select medical issues by the at least one skilled medical professional;
monitoring the patient before administering a treatment;
generating a medical record of the patient as a result of the monitoring;
transmitting, via the communications network, the patient'"'"'s medical record to the central medical facility for review by the managing physician;
reviewing, by the managing physician located at the central medical facility, the patient'"'"'s medical record;
determining, by the managing physician, an appropriate medical treatment for the patient;
authorizing one of an intramuscular (IM) or intravenous (IV) treatment by the managing physician; and
administering one of an intramuscular (IM) or intravenous (IV) treatment to the patient at the remote medical facility by the at least one skilled medical professional under remote supervision of the managing physician.
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Although various embodiments of the method and apparatus of the present invention have been illustrated in the accompanying Drawings and described in the foregoing Detailed Description, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed, but is capable of numerous rearrangements, modifications and substitutions without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth herein.
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1. A method for medical treatment of select medical issues at a remote medical facility and under remote supervision of a managing physician, the method comprising:
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providing a central medical facility for the managing physician;
providing the remote medical facility for treatment, by at least one skilled medical professional, of at least one patient;
providing a communications network adapted to transmit information between the central medical facility and the remote medical facility;
evaluating the patient at the remote medical facility for treatment of select medical issues by the at least one skilled medical professional;
monitoring the patient before administering a treatment;
generating a medical record of the patient as a result of the monitoring;
transmitting, via the communications network, the patient'"'"'s medical record to the central medical facility for review by the managing physician;
reviewing, by the managing physician located at the central medical facility, the patient'"'"'s medical record;
determining, by the managing physician, an appropriate medical treatment for the patient;
authorizing one of an intramuscular (IM) or intravenous (IV) treatment by the managing physician; and
administering one of an intramuscular (IM) or intravenous (IV) treatment to the patient at the remote medical facility by the at least one skilled medical professional under remote supervision of the managing physician. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for medical treatment of select headache, pain and other medical and neurological issues comprising:
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a remote medical facility for the treatment of at least one patient by at least one skilled medical professional trained for both intramuscular (IM) and intravenous (IV) treatments of a patient;
a central medical facility for monitoring the treatment of the at least one patient by a managing physician adapted for managing medical treatment of a patient at a remote location;
a communications network adapted to transmit monitoring information and medical data of the at least one patient between the central medical facility and the remote medical facility; and
a supply of intramuscular (IM) and intravenous (IV) drugs disposed at the remote medical facility and adapted for treatment of one of headache, pain, and other neurological disorders. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for medical treatment of selected medical issues at remote medical facilities under remote supervision of a managing physician, the system comprising:
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a central medical facility for the managing physician;
a remote medical facility having at least one skilled medical professional skilled for treating at least one patient;
communications network adapted to transmit information between the central medical facility and the remote medical facility;
equipment for evaluating the patient at the remote medical facility for treatment of select medical issues by the at least one skilled medical professional;
equipment for monitoring the patient before administering a treatment;
equipment for medical record generation of data pertaining to the patient as a result of the monitoring;
means for transmitting, via the communications network, the patient'"'"'s medical record to the central medical facility for review by the managing physician;
means for reviewing, by the managing physician located at the central medical facility, the patient'"'"'s medical record for determining, by the managing physician, an appropriate medical treatment for the patient;
a supply of intramuscular (IM) and intravenous (IV) drugs for authorization of treatment by the managing physician; and
means for administering one of an intramuscular (IM) or intravenous (IV) treatment to the patient at the remote medical facility by the at least one skilled medical professional under remote supervision of the managing physician. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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