mobile clinicians conduct in - home patient visits utilizing on - site diagnostic and treatment equipment , where service is enhanced by the use of portable computing and communications equipment . initially , a mobile care entity provides a network of predesignated mobile clinicians , each having the use of a preprogrammed portable computer . each computer is coupled to a wireless communications device , and includes local storage of patient data . under a predetermined schedule , each portable computer updates patient data in the local storage utilizing the wireless communications device to download updates from a central storage facility . whenever the mobile care entity receives requests for medical service at a patient &# 39 ; s premises , the entity selects a mobile clinician and dispatches him / her to the patient &# 39 ; s premises . the clinician visits the patient &# 39 ; s premises accompanied by an assortment of electronic diagnostic and treatment devices , such as a pulse oximiter , x - ray machine , lab analyzer , ekg equipment , etc . to examine the patient , the doctor utilizes various diagnostic devices to prepare machine - readable reports of related aspects of the patient &# 39 ; s condition . the clinician directs the portable computer to perform follow - up tasks including : electronically collecting the prepared reports and graphically presenting them in human - readable form , storing a machine - readable medical record including details of the patient &# 39 ; s exam , and utilizing the wireless device to transmit the reports and records to the central storage facility .