Fivos and Cedaron Partnership Seeks to Expand Participation in SVS VQI

June 1, 2022—Fivos announced a strategic partnership with Cedaron Medical to expand participation in the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) by combining Fivos’ robust registry platform services with Cedaron’s data collection and management expertise.

According to the company, Fivos (formerly Medstreaming and M2S) provides national registry services for the SVS VQI, which collects extensive data on vascular procedures, including devices used. Fivos’ Pathways is the cloud-based platform for SVS VQI’s 14 registries.

Cedaron’s software solution automates data collection and validation at the point of care for > 50 national registries, including those from the American College of Cardiology, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and American Heart Association. This partnership expands Cedaron’s list of certified registries to include the SVS VQI.

“We have seen vast improvement in patient outcomes as more data from registries [have] become available for study,” commented Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD, in the Fivos press release. Dr. Eldrup-Jorgensen, Medical Director of the SVS Patient Safety Organization, continued, “Fivos and Cedaron both support VQI’s mission to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and cost of health care. Cedaron creates another path for centers to participate in VQI, and we look forward to the contributions they will make through our registries.”

Fivos CEO Jay Colfer added, “The biggest barrier hospitals face when adding new registries is data collection. This partnership addresses that challenge by providing access to VQI through Cedaron’s certified registry software and data abstraction services. It was a natural fit to bring the three organizations together to expand the reach of SVS VQI with the common goal of ultimately improving vascular care for everyone.”

Cedaron CEO Karen Bond stated in the press release, “We are excited to add vascular care to our quality outcomes portfolio. This partnership makes it possible for our customers to participate in SVS VQI through Cedaron’s intelligent automated data collection platform, providing a familiar user interface with established integration. By standardizing their registry activities, our customers can reduce training time and start-up costs.”