peerVue qiVue, often referred to as the Qualitative Intelligence and Communications System (QICS), is a web-based, PACS-integrated solution designed to help healthcare organizations meet increasing accreditation and regulatory requirements, primarily in radiology. It was developed by peerVue (now part of Infinitt PACS) and is a core component for quality assurance and communication workflows.
The system transforms existing healthcare data into qualitative intelligence to improve workflows and ensure closed-loop communication for clinically significant events. It is highly customizable and can be tailored to resolve multiple workflow and regulatory challenges.
Key Features and Capabilities:
- ACR-Required Peer Review: Facilitates and automates the process for radiologist peer review, including managing discordances.
- Critical Test Results Management (CTRM): Streamlines the communication of priority and urgent findings, ensuring critical results are communicated to and acknowledged by the correct physicians.
- Discrepancy Management: Manages discrepancies identified during peer review, or between the emergency department and radiology, and handles nighthawk discrepancy follow-up.
- Technologist Performance Improvement: Provides a mechanism for technologist review and performance feedback.
- Patient Follow-up Management: Ensures closure for all clinically significant events or workflow, including patient follow-up.
- Radiation Dose Tracking: Offers customizable applications for monitoring and tracking radiation dose.
- Billing Discrepancy Management: Alerts radiologists of coding issues that could negatively impact reimbursement.
- Auto-Prompt Feature: Proactively provides notification of events, such as important exam interpretations or high radiation dose alerts, based on a customizable rules engine.
The software integrates directly into any vendor's PACS, RIS, or EMR, making it a flexible solution for enterprise-level quality and communications management.