Patent ID: 8598995

Claim:
A healthcare communication system for use in a healthcare facility having a plurality of patient rooms and locating equipment to determine the whereabouts of caregivers in the healthcare facility, 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, and 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 by a first caregiver to establish a two-way voice communication link with a second caregiver via selection of a contact method from a menu of different contact methods, the different contact methods on the menu including a menu item allowing contacting a specific one of the plurality of graphical audio stations corresponding to a location at which the second caregiver is located as determined via the locating equipment.