Program overview

Every minute counts when a limb-threatening vascular emergency arrives in the emergency department, yet many hospitals still rely on fragmented pathways, siloed information, and inconsistent on-call coverage. Own Health’s Acute Care Enablement Program transforms that environment into a continuous, high-reliability vascular service. It begins with the deployment of a credentialed, around-the-clock nurse practitioner consult team, trained to triage ischemia, perform bedside duplex, and initiate evidence-based medical therapy before the attending surgeon arrives. At the same time, our vascular leadership team works with your hospital to formalize local order sets, peri-operative bundles, and post-operative surveillance protocols aligned with provincial and federal health expectations.

System challenge addressed

Acute vascular events often arrive to unstructured systems. Without standardized triage, real-time diagnostics, and fast escalation to the OR, hospitals face delays that compromise outcomes, increase inpatient complications, and reduce surgical block efficiency.

Model of delivery

The program installs a clinical operations layer that supports emergency-to-ward and ward-to-OR transitions. Own Health’s clinical decision support system (CDSS), Doctor Dash, streams live data on imaging availability, cath lab scheduling, best-practice guideline recommendations, and patient status, while governance dashboards surface performance variation, initiate protocol refreshers, and support internal audit readiness. Training is provided to bedside nurses, pharmacists, and allied health staff through simulation and rapid-cycle improvement sessions. This ensures that redesigned workflows are absorbed, not just introduced.

Impact and value

Hospitals using this model regularly achieve over 90% vascular OR utilization, reduce inpatient complications by 30%, and shorten average OR turnaround times. These outcomes contribute to improved QBP reimbursements and critical care availability while standardizing clinical performance across shifts and departments.

How to get started

Contact Own Health for an acute care baseline assessment. We will evaluate your consult-to-treatment flow, current escalation protocols, and OR usage data, and return a custom roadmap to transform your vascular service into a high-performing acute program.