Equicare CS (ECS) is a web-based, centralized, patient-centric care coordination platform specifically designed for oncology and chronic disease management. It is the flagship solution of Equicare Health, enabling cancer centers and hospitals to provide coordinated patient navigation, psychosocial distress screening, and survivorship care planning to improve clinical outcomes and achieve regulatory compliance.
Key Capabilities & Benefits:
- Accreditation Compliance: Meets standards for the Commission on Cancer (CoC) Continuum of Care Services (Patient Navigation, Psychosocial Distress Screening, and Survivorship Care Planning), NAPBC, and Meaningful Use.
- Survivorship Care Planning: Rapidly generates customized follow-up plans, including treatment summaries, medical surveillance guidelines, and personalized education materials.
- Patient Navigation & Distress Management: Tools to identify and manage barriers to care, track referrals, record patient encounters, and manage psychosocial distress using tools like the NCCN Distress Thermometer.
- Patient Engagement: Features an Equicare Advanced Patient Portal for patients to access appointment calendars, care team contact info, treatment history, and securely communicate with providers.
- Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMS): Comprehensive questionnaire module to collect, analyze, and report on patient-reported outcomes.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamlines operations through interfaces with hospital information systems (OIS/EHR), offers enterprise capability for managing multiple facilities, and supports revenue optimization.
ECS is a multi-facility web-based software tool primarily used by nurse navigators, oncologists, and administrators in cancer centers and hospitals worldwide to manage large patient populations with minimal administrative overhead.