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Benefits Overview of Benefits Frequent Testing Trend Analysis Compliance with KDOQI Vasc‑Alert vs Flow‑Based Surveillance Home	How does Vasc-Alert benefit the Patient Care Team? Empowered to identify and reduce access dysfunction and failure Able to proactively send patients before thrombosis Fewer emergencies due to access failure and under dialysis Better functioning accesses, fewer thromboses Improved quality, cost and satisfaction outcomes Delivery higher quality of care, keep revenue previously lost to thrombotic events and able to prevent clots. Seamless delivery of optimal vascular access care Benefits both staff and patient Empowerment of the Nephrologist in delivering vascular access care Objective data trending to monitor changes in access Ease of use - sending treatment data electronically No clinical staff involvement No additional time/cost for clinical staff. No procedures to perform during treatments Time is devoted to patient care, rather than a procedure Data collection and trending with every treatment (Patients & Staff) Objective data used to keep access functioning Monthly access history - access report Lower cost than other technologies for monitoring with every treatment Provides feedback of clinical data quality Shows them problems in their system that they may not be aware of and makes records accurate No staff required for data collection Using data that is already being collected Easiest monitoring method to initiate No clinical education needed prior to implementation. May require some work for IT or administration. No additional components or supplies to physically be installed in the center No additional education, costs Reports can be used to assist in reporting statistics to ESRD networks Reports can be included in the access component of the monthly care plan Available as an option in certain clinical management systems - potentially
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