Patent ID: 11948218
Assignee: GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A telemedicine system for a correctional facility, comprising:
a telemedicine center comprising a plurality of databases storing identity data and medical data;
a telemedicine server, connected to the telemedicine center and a medication dispensing station via a network, wherein the telemedicine server is configured to:
receive, from a physician center located remote to the correctional facility, a medication order for an inmate at the correctional facility;
verify the medication order by comparing data associated with the medication order with the identity data stored in plurality of databases, wherein the verifying includes comparing a model number of a transmitting device at the physician center with identity data of physicians at the physician center, the identity data of the physicians including a model number of physician devices associated with the physicians;
in response to the verifying, transmit a first dispensing request from a local medical assistant station at the correctional facility to the telemedicine center, wherein the first dispensing request comprises medication data, inmate identity data, and data from a medical assistant verification device;
validate an identity of a local medical assistant using the first dispensing request;
in response to validation of the identity of the local medical assistant, transmit a second dispensing request from the telemedicine center to the physician center, wherein the second dispensing request comprises inmate data and data regarding the medication to be dispensed;
transmit a reply from the physician center to the telemedicine center;
determine a validity of the reply by comparing a signature of an authorizing physician, contact information, and data related to the device that transmitted the reply against identity data stored in an identity server;
in response to successfully validating the reply, transmit instructions from the telemedicine center to the medication dispensing station to dispense the medication; and
receive, from the medication dispensing station, a completion message indicating that one or more medications in the medication order have been prepared and shipped to the correctional facility; and

the medication dispensing station configured to:
scan, using a medication scanner, at least one medication label of the one or more medications received at the correctional facility;
generate a distribution schedule for the one or more medications based on at least one of the identity data and medical data obtained by scanning the at least one medication label;
generate instructions for a medical assistant associated with the medication dispensing station to load the medication in a medication dispensing device according to the distribution schedule;
verify an identity of the inmate using at least one of voice recognition, retinal recognition, facial recognition, and 3D facial architectural recognition; and
dispense the medication to the inmate based on the distribution schedule in response to successfully verifying the identity of the inmate.