Patent ID: 9517035
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A61B,G06F,G08B,G16H,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A healthcare communication system for use in a healthcare facility having a plurality of patient rooms, the healthcare communication system comprising: a plurality of graphical audio stations, each of the patients rooms having at least one of the plurality of graphical audio stations located therein, a master station communicatively coupled to each of the graphical audio stations, each of the plurality of graphical audio stations having a graphical display screen and having user inputs that are usable to establish a two-way communication link with a selected one of the other graphical audio stations, and an input/output circuit spaced from the plurality of graphical audio stations, at least some of the plurality of graphical audio stations communicating with the input/output circuit according to a first communication protocol and the input/output circuit communicating with the master station according to a second communication protocol.