Vascular Cures

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“Other program services 4: our patients as partners program is designed to facilitate the engagement of patientadvisors in national research and care improvement initiatives. We are alsointerested in engaging caregivers and family members impacted by vascular disease.we are fostering a community of representative, empowered advocates to claim theirseat to the table as true partners. Other program services 5: we serve as the fiscal sponsor of american limb preservation society. When we launched project voice, it was the first digital health program to improveoutcomes for patients with peripheral artery disease (pad). Project voice will 1)bring patients into the healthcare conversation, manage their own health and sharein decision-making; 2) enable researchers to gather patient-reported outcomes data,currently a crucial gap in both research and healthcare and 3) improvepatient-physician partnerships through higher quality information exchange andshared decision-making. The ultimate goal is to improve outcomes and lowerhealthcare costs. Other program services 6: we have convened working groups to promote and facilitate chronic limb-threateningischemia (clti) patient engagement in research. This initiative will build capacityto engage clti patients in research as advisors and participants, so that studyresults align with the needs of the patient. It will also prioritize the kinds ofresearch that are most important to patients.”

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“We Bring awareness to the public re: the importance of vascular health, the kinds of vascular conditions and their signs and symptomsWe Educate at-risk communities and individuals re: the signs and symptoms of vascular diseases, major risk factors, strategies to reduce risk and the diagnostic processWe Empower patients to improve their health outcomes through education that enables better disease management and self-advocacy in a care settingWe Educate providers on the importance of vascular health, underdiagnosed conditions such as PAD”