Creating and Retaining Medical Instructions for a Patient in a Telemedicine Environment

摘要

A technique for efficiently capturing and retaining patient instructions made by a physician or other medical provider. In a computer-based medical service system, a medical provider utilizes a medical provider portal to interact with the system and a patient utilizes a patient portal to interact with the system. During an appointment utilizing the system, the medical provider inputs medical instructions intended for the patient via the portal. If the patient is utilizing the patient portal during the appointment, a window opens in the patient portal and the instructions input by the medical provider are displayed therein. The instructions are retained and are accessible by the patient whenever the patient utilizes the patient portal. The instructions can have documents associated therewith by the medical services provider which can be attached to the instructions during or after the appointment.