Patent ID: 8273018

Claim:
One or more tangible computer storage media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that execute a method in a patient care computing system environment for establishing a communication between a bedside care location and a remote care location, the method comprising: providing a multi-patient display having a plurality of selectable patient indicators, each of the selectable patient indicators corresponding with a patient care location; receiving an indication that one of the plurality of selectable patient indicators has been selected by a user, wherein the user's selection is indicative of a request for initiation of an audio communication and a video communication between the user located at the remote care location and another party located at the bedside care location, the video communication utilizing one or more cameras; determining that a communication privacy setting is to be established; and receiving input regarding one or more of a nature of the communication privacy setting to be established, a duration of the communication privacy setting to be established, and an indication of whether the communication privacy setting is capable of being overridden.