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Cardiology Triage, ECG Review, and Cardiovascular Risk Monitoring

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Route cardiac concerns faster. Review ECGs remotely. Monitor cardiovascular risk across care settings.

CareScreen ConsultBridge

> Product boundary: CareScreen closes screening care gaps: eligibility from the chart/EHR, in-clinic capture (devices and questionnaires), async specialist interpretation, and structured results back to the PCP EMR. ConsultBridge is a separate FabrixMed product for live provider-to-provider specialty consults. CareScreen does not require ConsultBridge. Referral recommendations from screening are documented in the EMR; the PCP handles next steps through normal clinical workflow. Cardiology is one of the highest-impact specialty access areas for FabrixMed. Cardiac symptoms appear everywhere: emergency departments, urgent care centers, microhospitals, rural hospitals, primary care offices, correctional facilities, SNFs, ALFs, home health settings, mobile units, and community clinics. Some patients need immediate emergency escalation. Some need urgent cardiology review. Some need structured follow-up. Some need better monitoring before the next crisis. FabrixMed helps healthcare organizations bring cardiology expertise closer to the point of care with independent FabrixMed products (each specialty may use CareScreen, ConsultBridge, or both — no required handoff between them):

CareScreen and ConsultBridge are independent products. CareScreen closes screening gaps with async review and EMR documentation. ConsultBridge supports live provider-to-provider consults when purchased separately. Both can address cardiac concerns to the right specialist pathway — without integration.

  • ConsultBridge supports provider-to-specialist cardiology consults, ECG review, symptom triage, pre-transfer review, post-discharge follow-up, and care coordination.
  • CareScreen supports cardiovascular screening, monitoring, risk identification, and care-gap workflows in primary care and facility-based settings.

The Problem: Cardiology Needs Show Up Before Cardiology Is Available


Cardiac symptoms and cardiovascular risk are common across the healthcare system. They appear in:

But cardiology access is often constrained. That creates predictable failure points:

Emergency departments
Urgent care centers
Microhospitals
Rural hospitals
Community hospitals
Primary care clinics
FQHCs
SNFs and ALFs
Long-term care facilities
Correctional facilities
Home health agencies
Mobile health units
Employer clinics
ACOs and CINs
Health plans
Post-discharge care programs
ECGs need interpretation before next-step decisions
Chest pain, palpitations, syncope, and dyspnea create triage uncertainty
Rural and community sites may lack timely cardiology support
Facilities may transfer patients defensively
SNFs and correctional facilities may send patients out because local teams lack specialty input
Post-discharge cardiac follow-up may fail
Hypertension and cardiometabolic risk may remain poorly controlled
Heart failure worsening may be missed until hospitalization
Documentation may not clearly support why a patient was managed locally, referred, transferred, or discharged

What FabrixMed Enables in Cardiology


FabrixMed supports cardiology workflows through both ConsultBridge and CareScreen.

ConsultBridge

ConsultBridge


ConsultBridge is the provider-to-specialist cardiology consult layer. It allows treating clinicians to route ECGs, symptoms, vitals, medication history, labs, and clinical context to cardiology providers for review and recommendations. ConsultBridge is especially useful when the treating clinician needs specialist input before deciding whether to manage locally, refer, admit, transfer, discharge, or arrange urgent follow-up.

CareScreen

CareScreen


CareScreen is the cardiovascular screening and monitoring layer. It helps primary care offices, mobile health units, facility-based teams, ACOs, CINs, and health plans identify cardiovascular risk, track monitoring gaps, and route abnormal findings into follow-up pathways. CareScreen supports screening and async review; ConsultBridge supports live consults — independently — for acute cardiology triage and longitudinal cardiovascular risk management

ConsultBridge

ConsultBridge for Cardiology


Route ECGs, symptoms, and clinical context to cardiology expertise.


ConsultBridge helps treating clinicians submit structured cardiology questions to the right cardiology provider. A cardiology consult request can include:

The cardiology provider reviews the submitted information and returns recommendations through the platform.

ECG tracing or report
Presenting symptom
Chest pain characteristics
Palpitations
Syncope or presyncope history
Shortness of breath
Heart failure symptoms
Vital signs
Oxygen saturation
Relevant labs if available
Troponin result when available
BNP or NT-proBNP when available
Medication list
Anticoagulant use
Cardiac history
Recent procedures or hospitalization
Device history if relevant
Specific consult question

ConsultBridge

ConsultBridge Cardiology Use Cases


ConsultBridge can support provider-to-specialist workflows for:

The goal is not to replace emergency protocols or in-person cardiology when needed. The goal is to help treating providers access cardiology expertise earlier and route patients more intelligently.

ECG interpretation
Chest pain triage support
Palpitations
Abnormal rhythm review
Atrial fibrillation concern
Syncope or presyncope review
Heart failure symptom worsening
Dyspnea with cardiac concern
Pre-transfer cardiology review
Post-discharge cardiology follow-up
Rural hospital cardiology support
Urgent care or microhospital cardiology questions
SNF/LTC cardiac symptom review
Correctional facility cardiac complaints
Home health cardiac escalation concerns
Medication or anticoagulation coordination where appropriately scoped

Example: Rural Hospital ECG Review


A patient presents to a rural hospital with chest discomfort, palpitations, syncope, or abnormal ECG findings. The local team needs to determine whether the patient requires transfer, admission, outpatient follow-up, or urgent cardiology review. With ConsultBridge:

This helps rural and community sites access specialist input without relying only on local staffing or informal calls.

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The treating clinician performs the initial assessment.

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ECG, vitals, symptoms, labs, medication history, and cardiac history are captured.

3

The case routes to a cardiology provider.

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The cardiology provider reviews the submitted information.

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Recommendations return to the treating clinician.

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The treating clinician determines the final care plan.

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The consult and decision pathway are documented.

Example: Urgent Care Palpitations or Abnormal Rhythm


A patient presents to urgent care with palpitations, dizziness, or an abnormal rhythm captured on ECG. The urgent care team may need help determining whether the patient should be sent to the ED, referred urgently to cardiology, monitored, or managed with routine follow-up. With ConsultBridge:

This supports better triage and helps avoid both under-escalation and unnecessary escalation.

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ECG and symptom history are captured.

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Vitals and relevant clinical context are submitted.

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The case routes to cardiology.

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Cardiology returns recommendations.

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The urgent care team routes the patient to the right next step.

Example: Microhospital Pre-Transfer Review


A microhospital evaluates a patient with cardiac symptoms or abnormal ECG findings. The team needs to decide whether the patient can be managed locally, requires admission, needs cardiology follow-up, or should transfer to a higher-acuity facility. With ConsultBridge:

This helps protect the microhospital model by supporting better transfer decisions.

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The microhospital team captures ECG, vitals, symptoms, and labs.

2

The case routes to cardiology.

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Cardiology reviews the case remotely.

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Recommendations help inform the next step.

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The final disposition is documented by the treating clinician.

Example: SNF / ALF / LTC Cardiac Concern


A resident develops worsening shortness of breath, edema, palpitations, dizziness, abnormal vitals, or post-discharge cardiac concerns. The facility may default to ED transfer because specialty input is unavailable. With ConsultBridge:

This can support safer, better-documented decision-making and reduce avoidable transfers when clinically appropriate.

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The facility care team captures symptoms, vitals, medication list, weight trend, and ECG if available.

2

The case routes to a cardiology provider.

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Cardiology reviews the case.

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Recommendations return to the treating clinician or facility medical director.

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The facility determines whether to manage on-site, arrange follow-up, or escalate.

Example: Correctional Facility Cardiac Complaint


Correctional facilities face operational barriers around outside transport, security staffing, and specialty scheduling. A patient may report chest discomfort, palpitations, dizziness, or shortness of breath. With FabrixMed:

This supports cardiac access while reducing avoidable movement when clinically appropriate.

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The facility captures symptoms, vitals, ECG data if available, and clinical context.

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Urgent red flags are escalated through emergency protocols.

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Appropriate cases receive async cardiology review within CareScreen when the program requires specialist interpretation.

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Recommendations return to the facility care team.

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The treating clinician determines whether to manage on-site, schedule follow-up, or transport.

CareScreen

CareScreen for Cardiovascular Screening and Monitoring


Identify risk earlier. Track gaps. Route abnormal findings.


CareScreen supports cardiovascular screening, monitoring, and care-gap workflows. It is especially useful in primary care, ACOs, CINs, health plans, mobile health units, correctional facilities, SNFs, ALFs, and employer clinics. CareScreen can help teams identify and track:

CareScreen does not replace cardiology consultation. It helps identify who needs action and route them into the right pathway.

Hypertension
Uncontrolled blood pressure
Cardiometabolic risk
Diabetes and cardiac risk overlap
Lipid management gaps
Heart failure monitoring needs
Post-discharge cardiac follow-up
Abnormal ECG screening findings
Medication adherence barriers
Need for cardiology review
Need for primary care follow-up
Need for urgent escalation

CareScreen

CareScreen Cardiovascular Data Capture


CareScreen can help capture and organize:

This is structured cardiovascular risk visibility.

Blood pressure
Heart rate
Oxygen saturation
Weight trend
ECG result or tracing when available
Symptoms
Chest pain history
Palpitations
Shortness of breath
Syncope/presyncope
Medication list
Anticoagulant use
Lipids
A1c
Renal function
Smoking status
Known cardiac history
Recent ED or hospitalization history
Follow-up status

Example: Primary Care Hypertension and Cardiometabolic Risk


A primary care clinic identifies patients with uncontrolled blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, lipid abnormalities, or cardiac risk. CareScreen can help capture relevant data and route patients into:

This helps convert cardiovascular risk from a passive chart problem into an active workflow.

  • Primary care follow-up
  • Medication review
  • Cardiology review through ConsultBridge
  • Diabetes/endocrinology pathway
  • Lifestyle or care management program
  • Health plan or ACO care management

Example: Mobile Cardiovascular Screening


A mobile health unit performs community cardiovascular screening. The team captures blood pressure, symptoms, ECG data if available, and risk factors. CareScreen helps structure the encounter and route abnormal findings into follow-up. If the organization uses ConsultBridge (separate product), live cardiology consults can be initiated by the treating clinician — independent of any CareScreen screening result. This helps mobile programs move from outreach to closed-loop care.

Example: Heart Failure Monitoring in Post-Acute Settings


A SNF, home health team, or post-discharge program is monitoring a patient after heart failure hospitalization. CareScreen can track:

If the patient shows concerning changes, ConsultBridge can route the case to cardiology for provider-to-specialist review. This supports earlier intervention and better continuity after discharge.

  • Weight trend
  • Symptoms
  • Edema
  • Blood pressure
  • Oxygen saturation
  • Medication adherence
  • Follow-up status

Device and Data Layer


Cardiology has a stronger device and data layer than many specialties. FabrixMed cardiology workflows can support data from:

The first version does not need every device integrated. The core requirement is the ability to capture structured cardiovascular data and route it to the right specialist workflow.

12-lead ECG
Portable ECG
Single-lead ECG
Blood pressure cuffs
Pulse oximeters
Weight scales
Remote patient monitoring platforms
Lab results
Medication lists
Symptom questionnaires
Imaging summaries when available

Value for Healthcare Organizations


FabrixMed helps organizations extend cardiology access without requiring every site to staff cardiologists on-site. Organizations can use FabrixMed to:

The result is better cardiology access, better triage, and better cardiovascular risk visibility.

Route ECGs for cardiology review
Support chest pain and rhythm-related triage
Improve rural and community cardiology access
Support urgent care and microhospital decision-making
Reduce avoidable transfers when clinically appropriate
Escalate serious cases faster
Support SNF/LTC cardiac concerns
Support correctional cardiac workflows
Improve post-discharge cardiac follow-up
Monitor cardiovascular risk
Track hypertension and cardiometabolic care gaps
Strengthen documentation and follow-up

Value for Cardiology Provider Groups


FabrixMed also creates a scalable channel for cardiology groups. Cardiology provider groups can use the FabrixMed ecosystem to:

The provider group brings cardiology expertise. FabrixMed helps turn that expertise into scalable consult, interpretation, and monitoring workflows.

Receive structured consults from treating clinicians
Review ECGs remotely
Support urgent care, microhospital, and rural hospital partners
Support SNF, LTC, correctional, and home health workflows
Build contracted facility relationships
Expand beyond local geography
Create recurring consult and interpretation revenue
Support post-discharge care programs
Participate in cardiovascular risk monitoring programs
Maintain clinical independence
Contract directly with health facilities
Use FabrixMed as the platform and MSO-style enablement layer

Why This Is More Than Traditional Telemedicine


Traditional telemedicine is often a video visit. Cardiology often needs more than a conversation. Effective cardiology support may depend on:

ConsultBridge helps route the specialist question and cardiac data. CareScreen helps identify and monitor cardiovascular risk and care gaps. CareScreen and ConsultBridge each support cardiology access — as independent products (no integrated handoff).

ECG data
Vitals
Symptoms
Cardiac history
Medication list
Lab trends
Weight changes
Risk factors
Emergency red flags
Transfer thresholds
Post-discharge follow-up
Cross-specialty coordination

Products Used in Cardiology


ConsultBridge

ConsultBridge


ConsultBridge is the provider-to-specialist cardiology consult layer. Primary use cases include:

ECG interpretation
Chest pain triage support
Abnormal rhythm review
Palpitations
Syncope/presyncope review
Heart failure symptom review
Pre-transfer cardiology review
Post-discharge cardiology follow-up
Rural hospital cardiology support
Urgent care and microhospital cardiology questions
SNF/LTC/correctional cardiac concerns

CareScreen

CareScreen


CareScreen is the cardiovascular screening, monitoring, and care-gap layer. Primary use cases include:

CareScreen helps organizations support both acute cardiac triage and longitudinal cardiovascular risk management. ConsultBridge addresses live consult needs separately when the organization purchases that product.

Hypertension screening
Blood pressure control workflows
Cardiometabolic risk screening
ECG screening workflows
Heart failure monitoring checklists
Post-discharge cardiac follow-up tracking
SNF/LTC cardiovascular monitoring
Correctional cardiac risk workflows
Mobile cardiovascular screening
Health plan / ACO / CIN cardiovascular gap closure

Best-Fit Organizations


FabrixMed cardiology workflows are especially useful for:

Emergency departments
Urgent care centers
Microhospitals
Rural hospitals
Community hospitals
Primary care groups
FQHCs
Rural and community health centers
SNFs and ALFs
Long-term care facilities
Home health agencies
Correctional facilities
Mobile health units
Employer clinics
ACOs
CINs
Health plans
Health systems
Hospital systems
Post-discharge care programs

Best-Fit Provider Groups


FabrixMed is especially useful for cardiology provider groups that want to:

Expand ECG review volume
Support provider-to-specialist consults
Serve urgent care and microhospital partners
Support rural and community hospital networks
Build contracted facility relationships
Support SNF, correctional, and home health care settings
Participate in heart failure and hypertension monitoring programs
Expand geographically
Create recurring consult and interpretation revenue
Stay independent while scaling through infrastructure support

The ROI of Cardiology Access


ConsultBridge and CareScreen can create value by helping organizations:

Improve ECG and Cardiac Triage Access


Facilities can route ECGs, symptoms, and clinical context to cardiology providers for structured review.

Reduce Avoidable Transfers


Specialist-supported review can help facilities determine which patients require transfer and which may be managed locally or followed outpatient when clinically appropriate.

Escalate Serious Cases Faster


High-risk presentations can be routed urgently while emergency protocols remain active.

Support Facility-Based Care


SNFs, ALFs, LTCs, correctional facilities, and home health teams can access cardiology input before defaulting to outside transfer.

Improve Post-Discharge Follow-Up


Care teams can monitor cardiac symptoms, vitals, weight trends, and follow-up needs after hospitalization.

Improve Cardiovascular Risk Management


CareScreen can help identify uncontrolled blood pressure, cardiometabolic risk, and monitoring gaps.

Strengthen Documentation


Consults create a clearer record of data reviewed, recommendations, escalation rationale, and follow-up plan.

Build Network Value


Health systems, ACOs, CINs, and health plans can extend cardiology expertise across more sites without requiring every location to staff cardiologists on-site.

Where FabrixMed Fits

FabrixMed does not replace cardiologists, treating clinicians, emergency protocols, EMS, STEMI pathways, stroke protocols, or facility-specific clinical governance. FabrixMed supports the infrastructure around cardiology access by helping organizations:

The treating provider and cardiology provider group remain responsible for clinical decision-making, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing, emergency escalation, and patient management within their applicable scope and agreements. Patients with suspected myocardial infarction, STEMI, unstable chest pain, severe shortness of breath, syncope with instability, stroke symptoms, hemodynamic instability, or other emergency conditions should be managed according to emergency protocols immediately.

  • Capture relevant cardiac data
  • Route ECGs and consult questions to appropriate cardiology providers
  • Support provider-to-specialist consult workflows
  • Support cardiovascular screening and monitoring workflows
  • Document recommendations
  • Coordinate follow-up
  • Connect facilities with internal, contracted, regional, or ecosystem cardiology providers

Strengthen cardiology access

ECG, triage, and follow-up workflows with measurable ED and quality impact.

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