Patent ID: 8635084

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of conducting Internet based telemedicine across at least two geopolitical zones comprising: a first geopolitical zone comprising: a healthcare practitioner, a first licensing authority, and a first legal authority; the first licensing authority, providing via the Internet, a certificate authorizing a healthcare practitioner to practice telemedicine in a first geopolitical zone; a second geopolitical zone, where the healthcare practitioner is not licensed to practice medicine, comprising: a patient, a second licensing authority, and a second legal authority; the healthcare practitioner via the telemedicine server, transmitting to the second licensing authority via the Internet, identifying information, the provided certificate, and a request for authorization to practice telemedicine in the second geopolitical zone; the telemedicine server, receiving from the second licensing authority via the Internet, a certificate reciting authorization by the second licensing authority for the healthcare practitioner to practice telemedicine in the second geopolitical zone for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the predetermined amount of time is the length of the telemedicine session; the telemedicine server, transmitting to an Internet-server-based database via the Internet, the certificate reciting authorization by the second licensing authority for the healthcare practitioner to practice telemedicine in the second geopolitical zone for the predetermined amount of time; the patient via the telemedicine server, transmitting to the first legal authority via the Internet, a request for a legal waiver for consent to a telemedicine session with an authorized healthcare practitioner from the first geopolitical zone; the telemedicine server, receiving from the first legal authority via the Internet, a legal waiver authorizing the patient to participate in a telemedicine session with the healthcare practitioner located in the first geopolitical zone; the telemedicine server, transmitting to the Internet-server-based database via the Internet, the patient's legal waiver, the patient's current medical condition and a request for available healthcare practitioners authorized to practice telemedicine in the second geopolitical zone; the patient via the telemedicine server, receiving from the Internet-server-based database via the Internet, the practitioner's identifying information.