Medical communications system for treatment of a patient in a care location that is remote from a specialist center so that an improved diagnosis can be made and patient treatment improved

摘要

Local care center (1) comprises means (6, 7) for capturing patient data, means (7, 9) for inputting treatment data by local treatment staff and means (8, 9) for transmitting the data to a specialist center (2). The latter has corresponding means for receiving and processing the data so that it can be presented to specialist staff who make a diagnosis and transmit the proposal back to the local treatment staff. An independent claim is made for a method for remote diagnosis and treatment of a patient by specialists located in a different geographical location.