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A computer-based remote visual monitoring system is provided for in-home patient health care from a remote location via ordinary telephone lines. The system includes a supervisory control center having access to patient and health care professional databases for assigning patients to appropriate hea

A computer-based remote visual monitoring system is provided for in-home patient health care from a remote location via ordinary telephone lines. The system includes a supervisory control center having access to patient and health care professional databases for assigning patients to appropriate health care professionals and for performing task planning. A number of master monitoring computers are linked to the control center and are accessible by a corresponding number of health care professionals. A slave monitoring computer is located within the homes of a plurality of patients and may be linked via telephone modems to any of the master monitoring computers. Audio/visual equipment at both locations permits real-time two-way communications during an “in-home”visit to a patient by a health care professional from a remote location. The health care professional has control over the audio/visual equipment in the patient\s home as well as the communication of multimedia data via the master monitoring computer, and may automatically generate and maintain the patient\s multimedia medical records.

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A remote monitoring system for permitting a health care professional to provide health care to a patient in the patient\s home from a remote location, said system comprising: a main database system including a first database having patient data stored therein and a second database having health care

A remote monitoring system for permitting a health care professional to provide health care to a patient in the patient\s home from a remote location, said system comprising: a main database system including a first database having patient data stored therein and a second database having health care professional data stored therein; a supervisory control computer in communication with said main database system, said supervisory control computer having means for assigning at least one patient in said first database to a health care professional in said second database for providing health care thereto; a master monitoring computer located remote from the patient\s home and in communication with said supervisory control computer, said master monitoring computer having a first telephone modem associated therewith for transmitting and receiving data, said master monitoring computer being operable to provide a plurality of operator command signals at said first modem in response to a corresponding plurality of operator commands provided by the health care professional; and a slave monitoring computer located in the patient\s home, said slave monitoring computer having a second telephone modem associated therewith for transmitting and receiving data, said slave monitoring system being in communication with said master monitoring computer via a telephone link established between said first and second modems, said slave monitoring computer being responsive to said plurality of operator command signals to transmit real-time multimedia data relating to the patient to said master monitoring computer; wherein the health care professional may provide real-time health care to the patient in the patient\s home from a remote location.