Description
The Remote Veterans Apnea Management Platform (REVAMP) App consists of a Patient Platform and a Clinician Platform. With the REVAMP App for Clinicians, as a sleep clinician, you will be able to set up patient accounts individually or in groups, enter sleep testing results, review patient Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) machine data, assign questionnaires, schedule appointments, write Treatment notes, assign home sleep test (HST) monitors and correspond with patients. Additionally, if you are an authorized user, you will also have the ability to create and manage educational material on sleep apnea and automated messages for patients.
PLEASE NOTE:
- REVAMP is a web app that can be bookmarked on your laptop. Read the instructions here.
- Cookies must be enabled for the REVAMP App to fully function.
The REVAMP App for Clinicians is available at select VA Sleep Centers for clinical users who have been registered in the application by a REVAMP Administrator.
Features:
- View all patients at your facility
- Register or transfer patients and their PAP devices
- View PAP device data
- Assign questionnaires and view responses
- Manage other users' permissions (Administration menu access holders)
- Add new users (Administration menu access holders)
- Send and receive secure messages to/from patients and providers
- Manage home sleep test monitor inventory and assign equipment to patients
- Manage notifications and publish educational content
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Treatment Results – Review the data from your patient’s PAP machine including the usage time, their Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) and mask leakage.
- Sleep Testing & Questionnaires – Assign questionnaires and HST monitors to your patients to help with their treatment.
- Education – Create and publish educational pages for Veterans to view. (Super Administrators only)
- Messages – Send and receive secure messages between you, your patients and other members of the VA sleep care team.
- Administration – Add new VA sleep care team members and manage permissions.
You may customize the columns you are viewing on the Case Management screen by tapping the three-line icon next to the number of patients you are viewing on the right side of the screen. Tap the box to place a check-mark next to the fields you want to see in the table.
To export data to an excel compatible file, tap Export Data next to the filter menu. A window will appear asking if you want to Open, Save or Cancel this action. To view the data, tap Open and the spreadsheet will open in your computer’s default program (such as Microsoft Excel), or tap Save to save the data to your device and view it in a different app. To close the window without opening the file, tap Cancel or tap the X in the right corner of the pop-up window.
- From the Home screen, enter the patient’s last name or first initial of last name plus last four SSN digits in the Search Clinic field. The list of patients below will narrow down to patients who match the criteria being entered. To include inactive patients in the results, tap the check-box next to Show Inactive. Inactive patients will be shown with a pause symbol to the left of the name. Tap the button next to the row of the patient you would like to select, and you will be taken to the Patient Record.
- From anywhere in the app, tap File, and tap Search Clinic. A pop-up Search Clinic box will appear. Type in the patient’s last name or last initial plus last four SSN digits in the Search Criteria field. A table with patients will populate below as the search criteria is entered. Tap the button next to the row of the patient you would like to select, and you will be taken to the Patient Record.
- Case Management – From anywhere in the app, tap Management, and a drop-down menu will appear. Tap Case Management, and you will be taken to the Case Management screen where you can select Show All Data (No Filter) from the Filter drop-down list and tap Select to see a list of all patients registered at your location with outcomes and treatment pathway event data. Show All Data (No Filter) may already be your default view in Case Management. Tap the name of the patient you want to view. The Patient Record will appear.
If the patient is required to complete the Initial Questionnaires, a list of questionnaires to be assigned for the event is shown. If the patient is not required to complete the Initial Questionnaires, they will skip the initial process and be able to access the full Patient Platform the first time they log in. Check the checkboxes of any optional questionnaires to assign them to the patient. Required questionnaires are shown with read-only checkboxes and will also be assigned to the patient.
NOTE: The list of questionnaires as well as the PAP treatment and Initial Questionnaire questions become locked and read-only after the patient has started completing the initial process.
After filling out as much patient information as possible, you can finish registering the patient in REVAMP by tapping the floppy disk button on the icon bar, or by tapping File and then Save.
NOTE: When the scheduled date for an event has passed and there is no performed date, the event is considered overdue. Overdue events have a red border and have a red caution sign in the Event column.
To control the specific questionnaires assigned to the patient for the Initial or Follow-up Questionnaires events, tap the + icon next to the questionnaire group you want to edit and tap the box next to the questionnaire to include or remove it. To save, either tap the floppy disk icon, or tap File and then Save.
You can add text to the Note by typing in any of the tabs or by selecting from the Note Template drop-down and clicking Load Template to populate the Note with data from REVAMP. To copy all text of the Note, click Copy All Tabs to launch a popup containing the concatenated text from all tabs of the Note. To save, either tap the floppy disk icon, or tap File and then Save.
- Treatment Adherence – Shows the total number of hours that the patient used the PAP device each night. Bars are colored red if they are below the 4-hour minimum and green if they are at or above the minimum. You may hover over a bar in the graph to see a tooltip with the date and value of the bar.
- PAP Patterns of Use – Shows a 24-hour display of the actual times that the patient used the PAP device each day or night. The bars are colored red if the total number of hours for the date was below the 4-hour minimum and green if it was above the 4-hour minimum. You may hover over a bar in the graph to see a tooltip with the date and value of the bar.
- Apnea-Hypopnea Index – Shows the patient's average AHI each day or night he or she used the device. Bars are colored green if they are below the 10-events-per-hour threshold and red if they are at or above it. You may hover over a bar in the graph to see a tooltip with the date and value of the bar.
- Apnea Event Types – Shows stacked bars that add up to the patient's total AHI for each day or night that he or she used the device. The segments of the bars represent the different apnea types: Unknown Apnea Index (grey), Clear Apnea Index (Light Blue), Hypopnea Index (Purple), and Obstructive Apnea Index (Dark Blue). You may click on any of these types in the graph legend to show or hide the segments of that type in the graph.
- Mask Leak – Shows the patient's average mask leak in liters per minute each day or night that he or she used the device. A threshold line is shown at 24 L/min.
- If the patient IS in REVAMP, search for and select the patient you want to assign the equipment to.
- If the patient is NOT in REVAMP, tap Assign to Non-REVAMP Patient. A pop-up Assign to Non-REVAMP Patient box will appear. Enter the patient’s first name, last name and last four digits of the SSN, and tap Assign.
- If you have unread messages in your inbox, tap the envelope icon to the right of your name. The icon will show the number of unread messages you have.
- From any screen, tap Messages in the menu bar.
To send a message you have already drafted, tap the Draft tab in Secure Messaging. The draft message will appear on the right side of the screen. Edit the message as you would normally, and tap Send to send the message. Tap Save to save your edits without sending, or tap Delete to discard the draft message.
- Create a New Page - If you are not already on the Create Page option, tap the radio button next to Create Page. The Title and HTML editor text box will be blank, the Author drop-down will default to you and the drop-down Status bar will default to Un-Published. Tap the blank Title bar, and type in the title (which will be listed in the Select Page pop-up in the Provider Platform and, when published, the Education menu in the Patient Platform). To change the author, tap the Author bar, and a drop-down will appear. Tap the name of the Super Administrator you would like to list as the author. Enter text, images and/or video for the HTML page using the HTML editor text box.
- Edit a Page - Tap the radio button next to Edit Page. Tap Select Page, and a Select Page pop-up of the existing pages in the content management system with their Titles, Authors, and Statuses will appear. Filter by Author or Status by tapping the drop-down menu, selecting the author or status and tapping Filter. Tap the page you would like to view. Tap Select to begin editing the page as you would while creating it, or tap Close to exit without selecting a page.
To view metrics from a specific clinic, tap the drop-down next to View and select the clinic you want to view. Tap Update Metrics, to update the displayed statistics.
To change the date range, tap As of, and a drop-down menu will appear. Tap Today (Current Month), Date Range (only available on the Monthly tab), or choose from a list of previously generated end of month reports. Tap Update Metrics to update the displayed statistics.
To download the report, tap Export to Excel. A CSV file of the report will download to your browser where you can save it for future reference.
To print the report, tap Printable Version. A printable version of the report will open in a new browser window where you can print as you would normally.
If you need assistance with the REVAMP App for Clinicians, dial (866) 651-3180 to speak with a VA Mobile Solutions Service Desk Representative. For TTY assistance, dial 711.
If you feel that your information may have been compromised, contact your local VA facility to obtain the contact information from your Privacy Officer. To identify your local VA facility, visit VA’s Facility Locator, or by copying and pasting the following link into your browser: http://1.usa.gov/1TTdj42. Note that you should never use this app in an emergency. If you encounter an emergency, call 911.