53-year-old male, received fire-fighting screening services (a community program) that includesCT lung screening and CT calcium scoring. Otherwise healthy individual with 4.6cm aorta described on both radiology reports, our software identified the patient as having a thoracic aortic aneurysm. The patient did not receive a CT orVascular surgery referral. After one week the nurse navigator evaluated the patient within ActKnowledge and contacted the patient for a clinic visit, to begin managing the TAA. Additional surveillance imaging described a thoracoabdominal aneurysm, measuring 5.2 cm in maximal diameter and the patient is now receiving surveillance imaging every 6 months
84-year-old underwent an outpatient MRI of right hip preoperatively, for a Tenex procedure. The radiologist described a 5.7 cm AAA. Our software identified this patient in real time and presented the patient to the nurse navigator who was able to call the patient and PCP the same day. The patient was referred to Vascular Surgery and was evaluated within 2 weeks. He is now scheduled for an endovascular repair.
70-year-old male underwent abdominal CT for diverticulitis in 2018, this revealed a 4.2 cm AAA. No one was made aware of the incidental AAA. Our software identified the AAA in historical review of EMR. Patient and PCP were contacted, Vascular Surgery referral was made. The follow up surveillance US described 4.6 cm AAA and 2.8 cm common iliac artery aneurysm and now patient is now being routinely monitored.
Tom’s Surveillance When we call a patient about an incidental finding, they are immediately concerned about cancer and typically do not understand what an aneurysm is.
As nurses, we use this communication as an opportunity to reassure and educate the patient and empower them to be an active participant in their own care.
Patients and their families are consistently grateful that their health system invested in a solution that can ensure timely follow up and improve their quality of life.
Doctor, CEO
Medical Center
