Eduardo C Vadia

US Patent:

20170344717, Nov 30, 2017

Filed:

May 18, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/599271

Inventors:

- Dallas TX, US
Eduardo Vadia - Dallas TX, US
Christopher Michael Gallagher - Dallas TX, US
Erica St. Angel - Dallas TX, US
Sean McDonald - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

Access Physicians: Global Telemedicine Solutions, PLLC - Dallas TX

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
H04N 7/15

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are unique systems and methods for remotely located physician specialists to diagnose and treat patients in a non-acute care facility having symptoms typically indicating a need for transfer to an acute care facility. The disclosed principles minimize the transfer of patients from a non-acute care facility to an acute care facility when not needed. The disclosed principles provide for the use of telemedicine units by geographically remote physician specialists to diagnose and treat patients in a non-acute care facility. If the physician specialist determines via the telemedicine unit that transfer of the patient to higher level of facility is needed, then the patient is transferred. If the physician specialist determines that the patient's new, elevated condition may be treated in the current, lower level facility, the physician specialist can prescribe a treatment for the current facility's staff to implement, even under the supervision of the physician specialist if it is needed. This unique approach is possible by providing an advanced telemedicine unit for use by the physician specialist that is geographically remote from the patient and his current lower level of care facility. Accordingly, the disclosed telemedicine program uses remote physicians having a higher level of skill or specialty to diagnose and treat patients currently located in a lower level healthcare facility than that type of specialty physician is typically found.