Advantages
Time & Cost Savings
The improvements offered by a Lifeline Vascular Access managed vascular access center have a tri-fold affect. Physicians, patients and dialysis centers alike experience ease in scheduling, one of the foremost challenges in vascular access care. When scheduling, dialysis units need only to call one location to coordinate care for a patient. Gone are the days of calling hospital after hospital in attempt to get a patient scheduled for a procedure. For emergent situations, most patients can be treated and returned to dialysis the same day. On average, a patient’s access dysfunction or issue can be resolved in less than two hours. Furthermore, elective procedures can be scheduled on off-dialysis days or when it is most convenient for the patient. This process ultimately results in fewer missed treatments. Both physicians and patients know all too well the ramifications of missed treatments. By providing timely, convenient and efficient care, costly and inconvenient hospitalizations are frequently avoided. Ultimately, these improvements mean a great deal to patients, for the better.
“It is much better having procedures done at the access center. When I had procedures done at the hospital, I waited for hours. There were emergencies they took ahead of me and I waited and waited. I’m very happy to come to the access center. I’m out of there in a few hours.”
~ Lifeline Vascular Access patient from Dialysis Access Center, Allen Park, Michigan
