Virtual Waiting Rooms In A Telemedicine System

摘要

A telemedicine system including a care coordination software platform allows for patient monitoring at home and connects patients to their medical teams via telemedicine using a HIPAA compliant video portal augmented by remote assisted physical examination, performance of diagnostic testing including labs and x-rays, and provision of appropriate treatment and prescriptions. Medical care is provided at the patient's location without the patient having to travel or spend time in waiting rooms, provides treatment based on objective physical examination data and any appropriate diagnostic testing, and provides validation of patient identity. Healthcare providers are made available via online video encounters to communicate with patients. Allied healthcare workers are dispatched to be in physical proximity to the patient to assist in physical examination, and provide diagnostic data. Providers order appropriate treatments and prescriptions based on examination findings and diagnostics. The telemedicine system interfaces with medical sensors and collects data wired or wirelessly.

主权项

1. A method of providing a plurality of virtual immediate waiting rooms, the method comprising:
providing on a server computer, a plurality of software queues, each queue associated with one of a plurality of different legal jurisdictions a patient may be located in; generating a graphical user interface that when rendered on a computing device displays at least an option for a patient to request an immediate encounter with a healthcare provider; determining a legal jurisdiction associated with the patent; placing the patient into a queue corresponding to the legal jurisdiction associated therewith; granting access to a queue to those healthcare providers licensed in the legal jurisdiction associated therewith; enabling a healthcare provider to select a patient from one or more queues they have access to and sending a notification thereof to the patient; and establishing an encounter between the healthcare provider and the selected patient.