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A system for remotely monitoring the medical condition of a number of individual patients from a centralized location. The system includes a plurality of remote monitoring units that each include both a wireless transmission device and a conventional modem for communicating over voice telephone line

A system for remotely monitoring the medical condition of a number of individual patients from a centralized location. The system includes a plurality of remote monitoring units that each include both a wireless transmission device and a conventional modem for communicating over voice telephone lines. The dual modes of transmission allow the remote monitoring unit to communicate either over a wireless communication network, if available or over conventional telephone wires. The remote monitoring unit includes a voice processing system that provides audio prompts and directions to the patient to direct the patient through the vital sign data gathering sequence. The audio prompts instruct the patient on the particular steps and timing for the vital sign data gathering sequence. Once the vital sign data has been acquired, the control unit of the remote monitoring unit determines whether a wireless transmission network is available. Based on the availability of the wireless communication network, the control unit of the remote monitoring unit selects either a wireless transmission or a conventional modem transmission method for the vital sign data. The vital sign data is compiled in a main data collection station that stores an displays the vital sign data for each patient being monitored. The vital sign data contained within the main data collection station is accessible by multiple workstations through conventional web-based communication techniques.

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1. A system for remotely monitoring the medical condition of a plurality of patients, the system comprising:a plurality of remote monitoring units each operable to measure selected vital signs from a patient, each monitoring unit including both a wireless transmission device for transmitting the mea

1. A system for remotely monitoring the medical condition of a plurality of patients, the system comprising:a plurality of remote monitoring units each operable to measure selected vital signs from a patient, each monitoring unit including both a wireless transmission device for transmitting the measured vital signs over a wireless communication network and a back-up modem for transmitting the measured vital signs over conventional telephone wires; and a main data collection system configured to receive the vital signs transmitted by the plurality of remote monitoring units, wherein the main data collection system stores the received vital signs from the plurality of patients, wherein each of the remote monitoring units includes a control unit that transmits the measured vital signs by the wireless transmission device when the wireless communication network is available and transmits the measured vital signs by the back-up modem only when the wireless communication network is unavailable.