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

Claim 7:
8. A telemedicine server comprising:
a memory;
a network interface; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the telemedicine server is communicatively coupled to a physician center, a local medical assistant station at a correctional facility and a medication dispensing station via the network interface, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
receive, from the physician center, a medication order for an inmate at the correctional facility;
verify the medication order by comparing data associated with the medication order with identity data stored in the memory, 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;
transmit a first dispensing request from the local medical assistant station to the telemedicine server, 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 server 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 server;
determine a validity of the reply by comparing a signature of an authorizing physician, contact information, and data related to a 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 server to the medication dispensing station to dispense the medication;
in response to the verifying, transmit the medication order to the medication dispensing station;
generate instructions for a medical assistant associated with the medication dispensing station to load the medication in a medication dispensing device according to a 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
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,
wherein the one or more medications are scanned using a medication scanner at a medication dispensing station in the correctional facility after delivery of the one or more medications to the correctional facility and dispensed to the inmate based on the distribution schedule generated by the scanning.