Abstract: A device attaches a videoconferencing device to a mobile support structure to create a mobile videoconferencing apparatus for use in video-based interpretation of communications between a health care provider and a patient. A related system includes a attachment portion and a bracket apparatus fitted to receive and secure the attachment portion and support a videoconferencing device for receiving videoconferencing signals sent by an interpreter to a patient responsive to communications between the patient and a health care provider on a mobile support structure.

Abstract: Remotely provided interpretation services enable a patient to communicate with one or more care providers in a health care organization. An interpreter can see and hear the communication between the patient and care provider, and interprets on behalf of the patient from a remotely located facility or decentralized location such as the interpreter's home. In an embodiment, the patient is provided with a mobile videoconferencing unit that can be transported with the patient during the duration of the patient's appointment as the patient moves from administrative to diagnostic to testing settings. In another embodiment, a system includes a database including patient language information, a scheduling system for reserving an interpreter, and a multipoint control unit (MCU) module for providing a secure connection for a teleconference between the patient and the interpreter.