Patent ID: 7778852

Claim:
A method of providing healthcare to a patient from a remote location, comprising: initiating, using a telephone at a first location, a connection with a medical device system associated with a patient, said patient and said medical device system, with the exception of said telephone and a communication network connecting said telephone and said medical device system, being present at a second location remote from said first location; receiving a menu query in the form of a stored voice signal including a menu option for programming an operating protocol for a medical device connected to said patient; selecting said option for programming said operating protocol by transmitting over said network a touchtone signal generated by a touchtone keypad of said telephone; modifying at least one parameter of said operating protocol for said medical device by transmitting over said network a touchtone signal generated by said touchtone keypad; saving said modified operating protocol; and ending said connection with said medical device system.