Direct manual examination of remote patient with virtual examination functionality

Abstract

A teleconferencing system is disclosed that enables patient and physician teleconferencing stations ( 100 ) to communicate over a global network ( 104 ), wherein the teleconferencing stations include access to a database of electronic medical records ( 110 ). The system includes means for instant text messaging ( 130 ), audio / video conferencing ( 142 ), and secure e-mail exchange ( 146 ). The patient and physician have differential access to the electronic medical records, such that the electronic medical records can be updated. The physician station includes means for capturing image data received from the patient station and storing the captured image data into a medical record. In the preferred embodiment the system is able to teleconference more than two stations at a time. In the preferred embodiment, the physician station includes means for entering a prescription ( 310 ) and for entering hospital orders ( 304 ).

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[0001] This application is a divisional application of the Chinese patent application number 03824356.3, the application date is January 27, 2003, and the invention title is "Using the virtual inspection function to directly perform manual inspection on remote patients". technical field [0002] The present invention relates generally to devices for processing and / or acquiring haptic information, and more particularly, to devices for transmitting, recording, playback and reproducing haptic information acquired from a remote location from an individual. Background technique [0003] In the 1980s, the idea of ​​using communication and computer systems to exchange medical information between professional doctors and patients located far from each other led to the emergence of "telemedicine" in order to overcome the shortage of doctors in rural areas. With the advent of the Internet and inexpensive audio and video communication systems, the scope of telemedicine continues to grow...

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Problems solved by technology

While some medical information can be transmitted by telephone, fax, or the Internet, information derived during a manual examination based on physical contact between doctor and patient cannot be transmitted, which is the main limiting step in the overall telemedicine examination process

The inability to obtain physical data remotely and to reliably transmit information to physicians in non-adjacent locations limits the reliability of telemedicine for very serious medical problems

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