Patent ID: 8799010
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A telehealth communications network accessible over the Internet for facilitating a medical encounter between a patient at a patient site and a provider at a provider site remotely located from the patient, the telehealth communications network comprising: an operating console comprising at least one memory and at least one processor coupled to the network, the operating console configured to execute a plurality of workflows, the plurality of workflows comprising a series of graphical user interfaces; wherein the workflows are instantiated based on a type of a user, the type of user determined based on an originating Internet protocol (“IP”) address and whether the IP address is associated with the patient site or the provider site; wherein one series of graphical user interfaces are configured to be viewable by the patient at the patient site and another series of the graphical user interfaces are configured to be viewable by the provider at the provider site remotely located from the patient, the graphical user interfaces for facilitating and guiding interactions between the patient and the provider during the medical encounter; and wherein the network is configured to command medical devices and network components coupled thereto, and at least one of the graphical user interfaces at the patient site is configured to be displayed simultaneously with a graphical user interface at the provider site and each comprises at least one image that guides use of at least one of the medical devices at the patient site.