System and method for delivering medical examination, treatment and assistance over a network
First Claim
1. A method for delivering medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment services to a patient over a network, the method comprising:
- providing a call center having any of a plurality of health care practitioner terminals in audiovisual communication over the network with any of a plurality of patient terminals, the call center including one or more routers;
receiving a call at the call center initiated by a person at one of the patient terminals; and
routing the call to an appropriate and available health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals using the one or more routers in order to establish a connection between one of the patient terminals and one of the health care practitioner terminals to enable a two-way audiovisual communication between the available health care practitioner and the person and visually observe the patient during the call, wherein the person is the patient, a family member of the patient, a second health care practitioner, or a combination thereof, wherein the connection permits the available health care practitioner to make an assessment of the patient over the network during the call and to conduct an examination of the patient over the network during the call.
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Abstract
A method for delivering medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment services to a patient over a network includes 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. A call initiated by a person at one of the patient terminals is received at the call center and the call is routed to an available physician or other health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals so that the available physician 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, and/or another health care practitioner. The available physician or health care practitioner is permitted 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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1. A method for delivering medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment services to a patient over a network, the method comprising:
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providing a call center having any of a plurality of health care practitioner terminals in audiovisual communication over the network with any of a plurality of patient terminals, the call center including one or more routers; receiving a call at the call center initiated by a person at one of the patient terminals; and routing the call to an appropriate and available health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals using the one or more routers in order to establish a connection between one of the patient terminals and one of the health care practitioner terminals to enable a two-way audiovisual communication between the available health care practitioner and the person and visually observe the patient during the call, wherein the person is the patient, a family member of the patient, a second health care practitioner, or a combination thereof, wherein the connection permits the available health care practitioner to make an assessment of the patient over the network during the call and to conduct an examination of the patient over the network during the call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for delivering medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment services over a network to a patient in a skilled nursing facility, the method comprising:
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providing a call center having 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, the call center including one or more routers; establishing a connection between one of the patient terminals and the call center initiated by a person at one of the patient terminals; routing the connection to an appropriate and available health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals using the one or more routers in order to enable a two-way audiovisual communication between the available health care practitioner and a person at one of the patient terminals and visually observe the patient during the connection, wherein the person is the patient, a family member of the patient, a second health care practitioner, or a combination thereof, wherein the connection permits the available health care practitioner to make an assessment of the patient over the network during the connection and to conduct an examination of the patient over the network during the connection. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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