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The Telecare®D.R. is intended to be used in conjunction with 510(k) certified devices that upon prescription by an authorized healthcare provider for patients provides a means of receiving and storing audio, video, and patient biometric data including vital signs information received over standard phone lines or high speed connection between patients, typically at home, and health professionals at the health care provider's site.

The Telecare DR System consists of multiple software and hardware components. Utilizing this system of components, healthcare professionals are empowered with the ability to conduct real-time, secure audio/visual communication and measurement collection encounters from the patient's home to the healthcare facility and presented for secure Internet browser review. Typically, the Telecare D.R. resides on a health facility's server and connects to the HCV NurseStation. Using the HCV NurseStation software component, the healthcare professional instantiates audio/visual communication with the patient using a standalone videophone system (i.e., CS-126S, CS-126, or CS-146 videophone devices) that is equipped with the capability to transmit and receive data from a variety of external vital signs and medical measurement devices. The CS 126S also includes an integrated digital stethoscope that provides for both local and remote auscultation functions and an optional accessory plug-in pulse oximetry sensor unit. Upon connection with a standalone videophone, the HCV NurseStation, located at a healthcare professional's office or facility, identifies all the external vital signs and medical measurement devices (i.e., weight scale, glucometer, vital signs monitor, NIBP, pulse oximetry and spirometer) connected to the standalone videophone. Using the HCV NurseStation, the healthcare professional may proceed to communicate using standard phone line or high speed connection through internal modems and transmit real-time video, audio, and data between them. The real-time video and audio communications allow the patient and caregiver to view and speak with each other. Using the HCV NurseStation component, the healthcare professional is capable of monitoring the data from the measurement devices in real-time during collection, as well as, storing these measurements to the centralized data repository using the Telecare D.R. server software. To terminate the encounter, the healthcare professional disconnects the video call via the HCV NurseStation software component. This event triggers the HCV Conduit software component, which completes remaining data inserts/updates, broadcasts notifications and prepares data for secure browser viewing via the secure HCV Rendezviewer software component. With existing legally marketed vital signs measurement devices attached to the patient's system, the health professional and caregiver may monitor the patient's blood pressure. pulse rate, temperature, weight, blood oxygen saturation, blood glucose level, breath peak flow, images, and transmit this data to the caregiver's system. Vital signs measurement devices used with the HCV NurseStation and Telecare D.R. are FDA approved devices and are used for the same purposes which they received 510(k) approval or are devices that are exempt under applicable 21 CFR sections. The data may be captured, displayed, and/or saved on Telecare D.R.