Respiratory-Plan™

CARDIO-PLAN™ is a fully outsourced cardiac disease state management program focused on high-risk cardiac patients that is operated by Cardiocom's nurse specialists.

• Fully outsourced Cardiac DM Program
• Experienced Cardiac Nursing Team
• No new staff at your site required
• TELESCALE® remote patient monitoring device
• Objective daily weight and symptom Health Check
• Low overhead and low operating cost
• Multiple fee options (partial or full risk guarantees)

CHF is a disease that can be effectively managed with daily weight and symptom telemonitoring. Our experienced Cardiac Nurses use the TELESCALE® to monitor data daily from your patients’ home and communicate any out of bounds symptoms to the managing physician. CARDIO-PLAN™ is unique from other DSM programs in that the Cardiocom TELESCALE® obtains weight and symptom data EVERY SINGLE DAY. CARDIO-PLAN™’s quantitative and qualitative daily system produces the best possible outcomes at the lowest cost.
 
Objective weight from TELESCALE® is viewed by physicians as a management enhancement. In fact, in many of the Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospital’s, the Cardiocom TELESCALE® and CARDIO-PLAN™ are the gold standard for CHF management. Numerous studies describing the impact of Cardiocom’s programs have been presented at such prestigious meetings as the National Heart Failure Society Meeting by leading cardiac groups.
 
Cardiocom’s cardiac nurses are experienced in working with a variety of managing physicians such as general practitioners, cardiologists, electrophysiologists and CHF specialists. Cardiocom works with the different physicians to customize monitoring parameters to suit his/her reporting needs.
 
Each day, your patients go through a "Health Check" at home using the Cardiocom TELESCALE®. Their weight and symptom data are immediately transmitted and analyzed by our proprietary software. Cardiocom CHF Nurse Specialists are alerted by the software when a patient becomes symptomatic or exceeds preset weight parameters. Predetermined symptom criteria are established by the patient's own physician. All Health Check questions can be customized for individual patients based on symptoms and comorbidities. Cardiocom's CHF Nurse Specialists call the patient to verify reported symptoms and to gather additional relevant information. If the patient is symptomatic or their weight exceeds the preset parameters, a detailed "Exception Report" is faxed to the designated physician's office. The patient's physician can then determine the best course of treatment. Physicians are sent only relevant data and are contacted by the Cardiocom Nurse Specialist only when a patient reports a confirmed out-of-bound measurement that requires direct attention. All patients with serious Exception Reports receive follow-up calls by Cardiocom nurses to verify that physician intervention has occurred. In addition to receiving the standard Exception Reports, triggered only when a patient's weight or symptoms fall outside the pre-established parameters, clinicians may request daily symptom and weight updates on patients who are unstable, have recently been hospitalized, or are undergoing medication titration.
 
The specially trained CARDIO-PLAN™ nurses rely on one-on-one relationships with your patients to deliver targeted care. The nurses use the daily TELESCALE® data to provide personalized support for your patients. Patients are assured that changes in their conditions are recognized and that their doctors will be notified. This empowers patients to become more confident and independent in the management of their own health.
 
Because you don't need an in-house staff to administer the CARDIO-PLAN™, your overhead costs remain low. The system generates savings by improving patient care and preventing hospitalizations with no capital or resource outlay.