Distributed healthcare communication system
First Claim
1. A healthcare communication system for use in a healthcare facility having a plurality of patient rooms and locating equipment to determine the whereabouts of caregivers in the healthcare facility, the healthcare communication system comprising:
- a plurality of graphical audio stations, each of the patients rooms having at least one of the plurality of graphical audio stations located therein, anda master station communicatively coupled to each of the graphical audio stations, each of the plurality of graphical audio stations having a graphical display screen and having user inputs that are usable by a first caregiver to establish a two-way voice communication link with a second caregiver via selection of a contact method from a menu of different contact methods, the different contact methods on the menu including a menu item allowing contacting a specific one of the plurality of graphical audio stations corresponding to a location at which the second caregiver is located as determined via the locating equipment.
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Abstract
A graphical audio station of a nurse call system is operable to permit a user to perform one or more of the following functions: establish a two-way voice communication link with another computer device in another patient and/or with a another computer device located in another staff work area and/or with a wireless communication device carried by caregiver and/or with a telephone of the healthcare facility; broadcast a voice page to a group of other selected computer devices; compose and send a text message to a portable device that is carried by a caregiver and that has wireless communication capability; browse web pages and/or view multimedia content, such as videos, hosted on servers of the healthcare facility and/or that are accessible via the Internet; view and/or acknowledge and/or answer and/or cancel alerts or nurse calls originating in a plurality of patient rooms.
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1. A healthcare communication system for use in a healthcare facility having a plurality of patient rooms and locating equipment to determine the whereabouts of caregivers in the healthcare facility, the healthcare communication system comprising:
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a plurality of graphical audio stations, each of the patients rooms having at least one of the plurality of graphical audio stations located therein, and a master station communicatively coupled to each of the graphical audio stations, each of the plurality of graphical audio stations having a graphical display screen and having user inputs that are usable by a first caregiver to establish a two-way voice communication link with a second caregiver via selection of a contact method from a menu of different contact methods, the different contact methods on the menu including a menu item allowing contacting a specific one of the plurality of graphical audio stations corresponding to a location at which the second caregiver is located as determined via the locating equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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