SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DELIVERING MEDICAL SERVICES FROM A REMOTE LOCATION
First Claim
1. A method of providing enhanced medical services delivery by a remote physician to geographically distributed patients by a remotely separated physician located at a remote physician site, the method comprising the steps of:
- initiating a remote physician medical service delivery encounter by connecting a remote physician medical service delivery suite with a patient medical service delivery station through a communication network;
displaying a real-time live near video image of a patient area of interest of a patient on a first remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screen of a plurality of remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screens, the real-time live near video image received from the patient medical service delivery station;
displaying a real-time live far video image of the patient area of interest of the patient being examined by the remote physician on a second remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screen, the real-time live far video image received from the patient medical service delivery station; and
displaying an electronic medical record of the selected patient on a third remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screen,simultaneously displaying the electronic medical record, the real-time live near video image of the patient area of interest being examined by the remote physician, and the real-time live far video image of the patient area of interest being examined by the remote physician.
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Abstract
A system, program product, and methods related to enhanced medical services delivery to geographically distributed patient populations by remotely located physicians are provided. An embodiment of the system includes a remote medical services server, a plurality of patient electronic medical records stored in the memory of the remote medical services server, and a remote medical services program product stored in the memory of the remote medical services server adapted to access the plurality of patient electronic medical records to thereby allow display of and data entry in a selected patient electronic medical record. A patient medical service delivery station captures patient video images and displays remote physician video images. A remote physician medical service delivery suite in communication with the patient medical service delivery station through the communications network captures remote physician video images and displays patient video images and patient electronic medical records, to allow the remote physician to perform remote patient medical service delivery.
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1. A method of providing enhanced medical services delivery by a remote physician to geographically distributed patients by a remotely separated physician located at a remote physician site, the method comprising the steps of:
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initiating a remote physician medical service delivery encounter by connecting a remote physician medical service delivery suite with a patient medical service delivery station through a communication network; displaying a real-time live near video image of a patient area of interest of a patient on a first remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screen of a plurality of remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screens, the real-time live near video image received from the patient medical service delivery station; displaying a real-time live far video image of the patient area of interest of the patient being examined by the remote physician on a second remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screen, the real-time live far video image received from the patient medical service delivery station; and displaying an electronic medical record of the selected patient on a third remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screen, simultaneously displaying the electronic medical record, the real-time live near video image of the patient area of interest being examined by the remote physician, and the real-time live far video image of the patient area of interest being examined by the remote physician. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium that is readable by a computer to provide enhanced medical services delivery by a remote physician to geographically distributed patients by a remotely separated physician located at a remote physician site, the computer readable medium storing a set of instructions that when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform the following operations:
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establishing a communications link between a remote physician medical service delivery suite and the patient medical service delivery station through a communications network; providing data to display a real-time near video image of a patient area of interest being examined by a remote physician received from the patient medical service delivery station, the real-time near video image of a patient area of interest being examined by the remote physician being displayed on a first remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screen; providing data to display a real-time far video image of the patient area of interest being examined by the remote physician received from the patient medical service delivery station, the real-time far video image of the patient area of interest being examined by the remote physician being displayed on a second remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screen; and providing data to display a patient electronic medical record of the patient on a third remote physician medical service delivery suite video display screen; simultaneously displaying the electronic medical record and both the real-time near video image and real-time far video image of the patient area of interest being examined to the remote physician when the remote physician is providing remote physician medical services responsive to operation of the remote physician medical service delivery suite in communication with the patient medical service delivery station. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system of enhanced medical services delivery to geographically distributed patients by a remotely separated physician located at a remote physician site, the system comprising:
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at least one remote medical information management computer including memory to store data therein to thereby define a remote medical services server; a patient medical service delivery station positioned at a patient location and in communication with the remote medical services server through a communications network and adapted to capture patient video images; a remote physician medical service delivery suite positioned remote from the patient location and in communication with the patient medical service delivery station and the remote medical services server through the communications network and adapted to display patient video images and a respective selected patient electronic medical record to thereby facilitate performing remote patient medical service delivery by the remote physician through the remote physician medical service delivery suite and the patient medical service delivery station;
the remote physician medical service delivery suite including a plurality of video display devices, including;a first video display device configured to display near images of a patient area of interest of the selected patient, a second video display device configured to display far images of the patient area of interest of the selected patient, and at least one electronic medical record video display device configured to display at least portions of the selected patient electronic medical record of the selected patient to the remote physician when operating the remote physician medical service delivery suite with the respective medical service delivery station; and a remote medical services program product stored in the memory of the remote medical services server and including instructions that when executed by the remote medical services server cause the remote medical services server to perform the following operations; providing data to display a real-time near video image of the selected patient received from the patient medical service delivery station on a video screen of the first video display device of the remote physician medical service delivery suite, providing data to display a real-time far video image of the preselected patient received from the patient medical service delivery station on a video screen of the second video display device of the remote physician medical service delivery suite, and providing data to display the electronic medical record of the selected patient on a video screen of the at least one electronic medical record video display device of the remote physician medical service delivery suite, simultaneously displaying both the real-time near and far video images and the electronic medical record of the patient to the remote physician when, the remote physician is providing remote physician medical services responsive to operation of the remote physician medical service delivery suite with the patient medical service delivery station. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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