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1. A telemedicine system, comprising:
an audio-video switch that receives a plurality of different audio-video signals and conveys at least two of the different audio-video signals to an output device that concurrently displays a video portion of the at least two audio-video signals, each within a different display region of the output device, the audio-video switch including at least one of a wireless communications port for controlling the audio-video switch with a remote wireless device and control panel for manual control of the audio-video switch; and a control device including one or more processors programmed to:
monitor a position of the audio-video switch,power the audio-video switch through a bus connection with the audio-video switch,monitor and control the audio-video switch through signals conveyed via the bus,obtain at least one of a unique identification, a serial number, a software versions, and a firmware version of the audio-video switch via a universal serial port, andautomatically control the position of the audio-video switch to select which of the at least two different audio-video signals passed through the audio-video switch to the output device has its video portion displayed in each of the displays regions in response to a signal from a remote source, including (a) displaying a lower priority medical audio-video communication in the secondary display region and the user selected programming in the primary display region; (b) displaying a higher priority medical audio-video signal in a primary display region and user selected programming audio-video signal in a secondary display region; and (c) displaying a still higher priority medical audio-video signal on both the primary and secondary display regions when the audio-video signal is deemed critical. |