System, method, and apparatus for remote patient care

A portable patient-care kit, comprising:

• two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space;
• a plurality of compartments disposed within at least one of the two-housing portions, each compartment configured to retain at least one medical apparatus;
• a central control unit comprising a touch-screen user interface device having a transceiver configured to communicate via a mobile data network;
• a light bar disposed along an exterior of one of the two-housing portions configured to provide light;
• a plurality of lights, each of the plurality of lights being configured to supply light within a separate one of each of the plurality of compartments;
• and
• an RFID reader configured to record an inventory of the at least one medical apparatus, wherein each compartment includes a different antenna in which the RFID reader can determine which antenna of the plurality of antennas an RFID is in close proximity with to thereby determine which compartment the at least one medical apparatus is located,
• wherein the central control unit is configured to illuminate the plurality of lights so as to illuminate the plurality of compartments and the at least one medical apparatus retained therein in a sequence of operation, the control unit configured to automatically illuminate a next compartment in the sequence of operation based on data from at least one of the at least one medical apparatus.

A portable patient-care kit, comprising:

• two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space;
• a plurality of compartments disposed within at least one of the two-housing portions, each compartment configured to retain at least one medical apparatus;
• a central control unit comprising a touch-screen user interface device having a transceiver configured to communicate via a mobile data network;
• a light bar disposed along an exterior of one of the two-housing portions configured to provide light;
• and
• a plurality of lights, each of the plurality of lights being configured to supply light within a separate one of each of the plurality of compartments,
• wherein a cover of a compartment of the plurality of compartments is configured to be side illuminated, and
• wherein the central control unit is configured to illuminate the plurality of lights so as to illuminate the plurality of compartments and the at least one medical apparatus retained therein in a sequence of operation, the control unit configured to automatically illuminate a next compartment in the sequence of operation based on data from at least one of the at least one medical apparatus.

A portable patient-care kit, comprising:

• two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space;
• a plurality of compartments disposed within at least one of the two-housing portions, each compartment configured to retain at least one medical apparatus;
• a central control unit comprising a touch-screen user interface device having a transceiver configured to communicate via a mobile data network;
• a light bar disposed along an exterior of one of the two-housing portions configured to provide light;
• and
• a plurality of lights, each of the plurality of lights being configured to supply light within a separate one of each of the plurality of compartments,
• wherein a cover of a compartment of the plurality of compartments is automatically actuatable, and
• wherein the central control unit is configured to illuminate the plurality of lights so as to illuminate the plurality of compartments and the at least one medical apparatus retained therein in a sequence of operation, the control unit configured to automatically illuminate a next compartment in the sequence of operation based on data from at least one of the at least one medical apparatus.

A portable patient-care kit, comprising:

• two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space;
• a plurality of compartments disposed within at least one of the two-housing portions, each compartment configured to retain at least one medical apparatus;
• a central control unit comprising a touch-screen user interface device having a transceiver configured to communicate via a mobile data network;
• a light bar disposed along an exterior of one of the two-housing portions configured to provide light;
• and
• a plurality of lights, each of the plurality of lights being configured to supply light within a separate one of each of the plurality of compartments,
• wherein the touch-screen user interface device is configured to receive a prescription from a physician via a communication link, the touch-screen user interface device is configured to authorize a pill dispenser within a compartment of the plurality of compartments to dispense the prescription, and
• wherein the central control unit is configured to illuminate the plurality of lights so as to illuminate the plurality of compartments and the at least one medical apparatus retained therein in a sequence of operation, the control unit configured to automatically illuminate a next compartment in the sequence of operation based on data from at least one of the at least one medical apparatus.

A portable patient-care kit, comprising:

• two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space;
• a plurality of compartments disposed within at least one of the two-housing portions, each compartment configured to retain at least one medical apparatus;
• a central control unit comprising a touch-screen user interface device having a transceiver configured to communicate via a mobile data network;
• a light bar disposed along an exterior of one of the two-housing portions configured to provide light;
• a plurality of lights, each of the plurality of lights being configured to supply light within a separate one of each of the plurality of compartments;
• and
• an RFID reader configured to record an inventory of the at least one medical apparatus, wherein the touch-screen user interface device is configured to communicate a demand for new supplies to be delivered with a supply is below a predetermined threshold,
• wherein the central control unit is configured to illuminate the plurality of lights so as to illuminate the plurality of compartments and the at least one medical apparatus retained therein in a sequence of operation, the control unit configured to automatically illuminate a next compartment in the sequence of operation based on data from at least one of the at least one medical apparatus.

A portable patient-care kit, comprising:

• two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space;
• a plurality of compartments disposed within at least one of the two-housing portions, each compartment configured to retain at least one medical apparatus;
• a central control unit comprising a touch-screen user interface device having a transceiver configured to communicate via a mobile data network;
• a light bar disposed along an exterior of one of the two-housing portions configured to provide light;
• and
• a plurality of lights, each of the plurality of lights being configured to supply light within a separate one of each of the plurality of compartments,
• wherein the touch-screen user interface device is in operative communication with the light bar to at least one of control the color of the light bar and control the brightness of the light bar, and
• wherein the central control unit is configured to illuminate the plurality of lights so as to illuminate the plurality of compartments and the at least one medical apparatus retained therein in a sequence of operation, the control unit configured to automatically illuminate a next compartment in the sequence of operation based on data from at least one of the at least one medical apparatus.

A portable patient-care kit, comprising

• two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space;
• a plurality of compartments disposed within at least one of the two-housing portions, each compartment configured to retain at least one medical apparatus;
• a central control unit comprising a touch-screen user interface device having a transceiver configured to communicate via a mobile data network;
• a light bar disposed along an exterior of one of the two-housing portions configured to provide light;
• a plurality of lights, each of the plurality of lights being configured to supply light within a separate one of each of the plurality of compartments;
• and
• an audible alarm, wherein the touch-screen user interface device is configured to alarm the audible alarm if a signal is wirelessly communicated to the touch-screen user interface device indicating that the kit should alarm,
• wherein the central control unit is configured to illuminate the plurality of lights so as to illuminate the plurality of compartments and the at least one medical apparatus retained therein in a sequence of operation, the control unit configured to automatically illuminate a next compartment in the sequence of operation based on data from at least one of the at least one medical apparatus.