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Office-based Labs can use CarepICS to prepare for streamlined compliance and documentation

CarePICS Helps Office-based Labs Meet Verification Requirements

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The shift of vascular procedures from the hospital setting to private medical offices raises question about standards, quality and accountability. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is answering this call for oversight by credentialing inpatient and outpatient vascular care facilities, including office-based labs (OBLs).

OBL providers utilizing CarePICS can easily prepare for streamlined compliance and documentation. And OBLs who aren’t using CarePICS can discover how the virtual platform can improve wound measurement, care coordination and patient outcomes.

The VCV & QIP Program — What to Expect

The SVS is partnering with the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to create the Vascular Center Verification and Quality Improvement Program (VCV & QIP) program. The program’s goal is to better define and verify high-quality and efficient care for vascular patients.

These new vascular verification standards ensure that institutions, such as OBLs, are following high standards and protocols. The SVS and ACS are working to finalize the standards and infrastructure which will give vascular facilities easy access to resources and guidance to achieve verification.

However, the VCV & QIP verification process and program is only aimed at examining vascular-specific centers. Other healthcare facilities and specialists, such as interventional radiologists or interventional cardiologists, are not included under this umbrella verification.

The Benefits of CarePICS for OBLs

Why are outpatient venues such as office-based labs (OBLs) becoming such an important site of service for complex peripheral procedures? “OBLs, in particular, offer physicians a greater degree of control, healthcare savings, increased flexibility, productivity and autonomy. They help eliminate inefficiencies related to inpatient procedures and overnight stays,” says Paul Schubert, CEO of CarePICS.

CarePICS is powerful tool for OBL environments to improve current processes, patient access and outcomes. Vascular surgeons and interventional cardiologists can use CarePICS to tackle many process-related challenges, including:

  • Optimizing wound imaging, inspection and measurement
  • Creating reliable documentation for the sake of reimbursement, auditing and verification purposes
  • Coordinating care  between attending physicians and specialty physicians
  • Enabling compatibility with outside software
  • HIPAA compliance for clinical data sharing, which is critical for meeting the VCV & QIP’s standards

“OBLs performing peripheral procedures without CarePICS may be relying on inconsistent traditional methods,” says Schubert. “You don’t want to risk uncertain accuracy, poor quality and non-compliance with documentation standards.”

For More Information

CarePICS enables you to confidently measure wounds, coordinate care and genuinely improve patient outcomes while meeting the VCV & QIP’s verification requirements. Visit the CarePICS website for more information on how you can incorporate CarePICS into your healthcare organization.

About CarePICS

CarePICS® is a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform designed to manage vascular disease and wound care patients. CarePICS enables virtual consults, telehealth visits, clinical image reporting, and automated medical supply ordering.

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CarePICS Driven by a Passion for Wound Care Patient Advocacy

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You’ve heard about the transformative power of telehealth frequently in the last year. Indeed, telemedicine has helped medical practices continue providing excellent healthcare for patients during the pandemic.

Keeping ongoing connections with wound care and vascular patients is especially critical. Ensuring successful wound care is why CarePICS developed their virtual care platform that brings patients and provider teams closer together.

CarePICS has built a culture of collaboration around their remote clinical imagery system. Their mission is to:

Build a virtual community of providers that collaborate to improve clinical outcomes, remove barriers to care and make a lasting impact on the patients we serve

Their passion for wound care, and how they envision the future makes CarePICS stand apart!

Distance is Not Your Friend in Healthcare

CarePICS CEO Paul Schubert founded Medical Treatment Systems in 1981 to develop medical device markets, focusing on wound care and patient safety. Paul’s team gained vast wound care experience and knowledge, including seeing the impracticality of nurses traveling long distances to help wound care patients.

“Distance is not your friend in healthcare,” he explains. “So, I went to our Chief Strategy Officer Terry Williams, who has an extensive background in developing medical devices. We talked about the need for a technology that bridged the gap between doctors, patients and skilled nursing — and CarePICS was born.”  

“All of us at CarePICS believe we have a calling,” says Schubert. “Our team members have always worked to deliver medical devices to clinicians and enable better treatment possibilities for their patients. Our new virtual care platform is the culmination of that work.”

The CarePICS Difference

CarePICS differentiates itself by providing solutions that better connect patients and healthcare providers. Their innovative platform helps clinicians reach patients everywhere, streamline inefficiencies, reduce costs and improve patient satisfaction.

CarePICS is the only networking software that focuses on peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and chronic wounds.

“Simply put, we believe that by increasing collaboration between healthcare providers we can help keep more feet attached to more legs,” says Schubert. “Many of the patients helped by CarePICS would have needed amputations if they hadn’t been identified sooner. Every single CarePICS employee is proud of the difference they’ve made in patients’ lives. Every team member is a patient advocate.”

What’s Next for CarePICS?

It’s an exciting time for CarePICS. Minnesota-based Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI) recently invested in the platform. “Our partnership with CSI is the perfect opportunity to broaden our network of vascular and interventional specialists,” says Schubert.

Over the next two years, the CarePICS team is focused on setting up networks that concentrate on the lower limbs, and providing support to podiatrists and wound care clinics. The priority is creating channels that make the patient experience less expensive and less invasive, while lowering morbidity.

“We also want to facilitate getting patients to a vascular expert sooner,” says Schubert. “In some areas of the country over 40 percent of patients that have amputations have never had a vascular consult. This has only been exacerbated by COVID-19 quarantines. We believe our medical communities can lower that number using our enhanced specialized communication tools.”

For More Information

CarePICS provides an advantage for clinicians in the wound care space. We’ve developed our user-friendly, HIPAA-compliant mobile and web app from decades of experience and knowledge with a core value system built around advocating for wound care and vascular patients.

Visit our website to see our drive for evolving healthcare best practices and succeeding in our commitment to meeting the needs of healthcare providers and patients.

About CarePICS

CarePICS® is a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform designed to manage vascular disease and wound care patients. CarePICS enables virtual consults, telehealth visits, clinical image reporting, and automated medical supply ordering.

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Improving Wound Care with Secure, Direct Messaging

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What’s the best way to communicate with patients? The traditional method of confirming and following up on appointments used to be via a phone call. In 2021, patients — from all ages and demographics — prefer text messaging. CarePICS is the innovative, seamless technology that streamlines communication for wound care clinicians.

The user-friendly patient mobile app includes a HIPAA-compliant, direct messaging component that allows patients to contact you or your staff without having to give out your cell phone number. This ensures your patients stay medically compliant and promotes loyalty to your practice.

CarePICS also sends patients a text message when you request a virtual consult of a specialist on their behalf and informs them that the specialist’s practice will reach out to them to schedule an appointment, if necessary.

Helping the Patient Feel in Control

Text messages are less anxiety-inducing than phone calls for patients. According to Adobe Blog, texts have a 98% open rate and 90% of texts are read within 3 seconds. Texting also restores a degree of control for people who might feel overwhelmed by demands to make decisions on the spot.

Convenience is key for Americans. At-risk populations like wound care patients rely on convenience for comprehensive care. Satisfying a patient’s healthcare expectations contributes to their comfort and builds loyalty.

In addition, you can also keep patients coming back for your services by establishing a personal rapport and sense of familiarity with them. Secure, direct messaging is a great leveler — its directness and immediacy enhance the patient’s sense that the doctor is providing them a one-on-one experience.

The CarePICS Advantage

“CarePICS provides timely, holistic care through secure, direct messaging, voice-to-text, and photo or video sharing capabilities,” says Paul E. Schubert, CEO of CarePICS. Primary care physicians (PCPs) can exchange HIPAA-compliant data with patients and care partners across networks through a cloud-based secure server.

High-risk peripheral arterial disease (PAD), critical limb ischemia (CLI) and wound care patients benefit greatly from this streamlining of pre-procedure steps, appointments and post-procedure monitoring of healing progress:

  • Easier check-in process by giving the patient a way to communicate directly with their multi-specialty care team
  • Better telehealth visits by sharing images and video of wounds in real-time
  • Simpler follow-up care as CarePICS provides an effective solution for tracking and documenting wound-healing progress that also encourages ongoing patient relationships

With CarePICS, doctors easily share data and pictures through texts to the entire team of providers. And according to Schubert, “Most importantly, PCPs can consult with specialists for suggested treatments and to refer patients when necessary. We all know that physicians are busy, so it’s easier to provide them information and imagery through texts.”

For More Information

Discover the CarePICS solution! See how our data-sharing system for managing vascular and wound care patients works for you. Visit our website to learn how you can improve patient care and efficiency through clear communication tools.

About CarePICS

CarePICS® is a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform designed to manage vascular disease and wound care patients. CarePICS enables virtual consults, telehealth visits, clinical image reporting, and automated medical supply ordering.