Distributed healthcare communication system
First Claim
1. A healthcare communication method implemented in a healthcare facility having a plurality of patient rooms, the healthcare communication method comprising:
- providing a plurality of graphical audio stations, each of the patients rooms having at least one of the plurality of graphical audio stations located therein,providing 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,using user inputs of at least one graphical audio station of the plurality of graphical audio stations to establish a two-way communication link with a selected one of the other graphical audio stations, andproviding an input/output circuit spaced from the plurality of graphical audio stations, at least some of the plurality of graphical audio stations communicating with the input/output circuit according to a first communication protocol and the input/output circuit communicating with the master station according to a second communication protocol.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A healthcare communication method implemented in a healthcare facility having a plurality of patient rooms, the healthcare communication method comprising:
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providing a plurality of graphical audio stations, each of the patients rooms having at least one of the plurality of graphical audio stations located therein, providing 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, using user inputs of at least one graphical audio station of the plurality of graphical audio stations to establish a two-way communication link with a selected one of the other graphical audio stations, and providing an input/output circuit spaced from the plurality of graphical audio stations, at least some of the plurality of graphical audio stations communicating with the input/output circuit according to a first communication protocol and the input/output circuit communicating with the master station according to a second communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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