Patent ID: 9235979
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A61B,G06F,G08B,G16H,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A healthcare communication system comprising a primary console having a first housing, a first touchscreen display coupled to the first housing, and a telephone handset adjacent the touchscreen display, and a plurality of secondary consoles, each secondary console being located in a respective patient room of a plurality of patient rooms, each secondary console having a respective second housing and a respective second touchscreen display coupled to the second housing, each of the secondary consoles being communicatively coupled to the primary console, wherein each secondary console of the plurality of secondary consoles includes electrical circuitry in the respective second housing, the electrical circuitry being configured to receive calls from the primary console and each of the other secondary consoles of the plurality of secondary consoles and to display information relating to the received calls on the respective second touchscreen display, wherein the electrical circuitry is configured to enable a user to place calls to other users and to select a preferred mode of calling other users, the preferred mode selected from a plurality of calling modes comprising at least one of the following: voice routing to a located position, wireless telephone, or text paging to a wireless device.