Abstract: The article describes the development of an Internet-based tele-rehabilitation system for patients with cognitive deficits,including overall idea,design and structure of the system,role-based authorization of operations for the patients and doctors and the procedures for patients' receiving rehabilitation treatment through the system.It is a new and convenient mode for rehabilitation service delivery to patients with cognitive deficits.Implementation of the Internet-based tele-cognitive rehabilitation system is helpful to the patients who live far from hospitals and have difficulty seeing doctors due to physical impairments,and is helpful to solving the problem with lack of medical staffs specialized in cognitive rehabilitation.Furthermore,it will also profit pushing out the spread and development of cognitive rehabilitation in China.

Key words: cognitive deficits, cognitive rehabilitation, tele-rehabilitation