Telehealth communications

1 . A system for providing telehealth consultations, the system comprising:

a display device located in a patient environment;

a camera operatively connected to the display device, the camera configured to capture a video stream of the patient environment; and

a telehealth device remotely located with respect to the patient environment, the telehealth device including:

at least one processing device; and

a memory device storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the telehealth device to:

initiate a telehealth consultation on the display device;

cause the camera to adjust the video stream of the patient environment during the telehealth consultation;

determine relevant patient data based on the telehealth consultation;

acquire the relevant patient data from at least one of a monitoring device located in the patient environment and an electronic medical record (EMR) system;

display on a display of the telehealth device the relevant patient data and the video stream of the patient environment during the telehealth consultation, wherein the relevant patient data and the video stream of the patient environment are displayed within a user interface;

detect an event during the telehealth consultation, the event indicating a health condition or a symptom; and

filter the display of the relevant patient data based on the event to display physiological data from the at least one of the monitoring device and the EMR system relevant to the health condition or the symptom that triggered the event, wherein the physiological data is aligned with an onset of the health condition or the symptom that triggered the event by including physiological data values for a predetermined period of time before the event and for a predetermined period of time after the event, and wherein the user interface is automatically adjusted to display both current physiological data values and trends, as well as physiological data values and trends indexed for the predetermined period of time before the event and the predetermined period of time after the event allowing for visualization of correlations between changes in the relevant patient data and possible causes for the event.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the telehealth device to:

pan the camera from side to side, tilt the camera up and down, and adjust an optical zoom of the camera based on inputs received during the telehealth consultation.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the telehealth device to:

cause the camera to track movements of an object identified in the patient environment.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the object is identified by facial recognition.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the telehealth device to:

adjust playback of media content on the display device unrelated to the telehealth consultation.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the telehealth device includes a camera for capturing a video stream of a remote clinician, and wherein the instructions further cause the telehealth device to:

cause the display device to display the video stream of the remote clinician.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the relevant patient data is selected for display based on a type of health condition or a symptom included in a request for the telehealth consultation.

8 . A device for conducting a telehealth consultation, the device comprising:

at least one processing device; and

a memory device storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the device to:

receive a request for the telehealth consultation;

determine relevant patient data based on a type of health condition or a symptom included in the request for the telehealth consultation;

acquire the relevant patient data from at least one of a monitoring device located in a patient environment and an electronic medical record (EMR) system;

display the relevant patient data and a video stream of the patient environment during the telehealth consultation, wherein the relevant patient data and the video stream of the patient environment are displayed within a user interface;

detect an event during the telehealth consultation, the event indicating another type of health condition or symptom; and

filter the display of the relevant patient data based on the event to display physiological data from the at least one of the monitoring device and the EMR system relevant to the another type of health condition or symptom that triggered the event, wherein the physiological data is aligned with an onset of the another type of health condition or symptom that triggered the event by including physiological data values for a predetermined period of time before the event and for a predetermined period of time after the event, and wherein the user interface is automatically adjusted to display both current physiological data values and trends, as well as physiological data values and trends indexed for the predetermined period of time before the event and the predetermined period of time after the event allowing for visualization of correlations between changes in the relevant patient data and possible causes for the event.

9 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the event is automatically detected from speech recognition during the telehealth consultation.

10 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the telehealth device to:

initiate the telehealth consultation on a display device located in the patient environment; and

cause a camera operatively connected to the display device to adjust the video stream of the patient environment during the telehealth consultation.

11 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the telehealth device to:

pan the camera from side to side, tilt the camera up and down, and adjust an optical zoom of the camera based on inputs received during the telehealth consultation.

12 . A method of conducting a telehealth consultation, the method comprising:

receiving a request for the telehealth consultation;

determining relevant patient data based on a type of health condition or a symptom included in the request for the telehealth consultation;

acquiring the relevant patient data from at least one of a monitoring device located in a patient environment and an electronic medical record (EMR) system;

initiating the telehealth consultation on a display device in the patient environment;

causing a camera operatively connected to the display device to adjust a video stream of the patient environment during the telehealth consultation;

displaying the relevant patient data together with the video stream of the patient environment during the telehealth consultation, wherein the relevant patient data and the video stream of the patient environment are displayed within a user interface;

detecting an event during the telehealth consultation, the event indicating another type of health condition or a symptom; and

filtering the display of the relevant patient data based on the event to display physiological data from the at least one of the monitoring device and the EMR system relevant to the another type of health condition or symptom that triggered the event, wherein the physiological data is aligned with an onset of the another type of health condition or symptom that triggered the event by including physiological data values for a predetermined period of time before the event and for a predetermined period of time after the event, and wherein the user interface is automatically adjusted to display both current physiological data values and trends, as well as physiological data values and trends indexed for the predetermined period of time before the event and the predetermined period of time after the event allowing for visualization of correlations between changes in the relevant patient data and possible causes for the event.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

causing the camera to track movements of an object identified in the patient environment.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

encrypting the relevant patient data and the video stream of the patient environment.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

confirming an identity of a patient in the patient environment by using at least one of facial recognition, an admissions, transfer, discharge data feed, and bed or patient location determination by a real-time locating system.