M2S and Medstreaming to Collaborate on Automated Interface for VQI's Pathways Registry

July 8, 2015—Medstreaming and M2S Inc. announced a strategic licensing agreement to develop automated transfer of structured data to the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Pathways registry. The VQI is a joint venture of M2S and the Society for Vascular Surgery that is built on M2S’s cloud-based Pathways clinical data performance platform, which allows users to track, measure, and analyze clinical information; promote collaboration; objectively drive decisions; and optimize performance. 

With specialty-based workflow technology, the companies intend to significantly reduce the need for manual data entry and increase the quality of the information transferred to the Pathways registry. M2S’s initial focus with Medstreaming will be on the integration for the VQI varicose vein registry. 

According to the companies, the Medstreaming Clinical Data Management echo system will be used for structured data aggregation in order to improve data capture and reporting for outcomes analysis. The licensing agreement will allow hospitals, outpatient facilities, and vein centers that are participating in the VQI registry to significantly improve their data entry workflow and efficiency. Medstreaming’s workflow solution software will automate the capture of structured data elements on the web-based Pathways form for the registry, including patient demographics and history, procedure details, and follow-up.

Medstreaming created a specialty-based radiology, vascular, cardiovascular, and women’s health workflow application that functions as a performance layer in the inpatient workflow on top of inpatient electronic medical records. Medstreaming has also developed an all-in-one integrated platform application that runs as an outpatient electronic medical record, image management and reporting, and practice management workflow solution. Medstreaming solutions act as an aggregator for structuring clinical data for additional data-service offerings for multipurpose, web-based data mining and data analytics. 

The VQI currently has more than 330 facilities, 2,500 participating physicians, and 200,000 reported vascular procedures. Its 12 clinical registries cover carotid endarterectomy, carotid artery stenting, open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, endovascular AAA repair, thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair, complex endovascular AAA repair, infrainguinal bypass, suprainguinal bypass, lower extremity amputation, peripheral vascular intervention, hemodialysis access, inferior vena cava filters, and varicose vein procedures.