What Is Continued Access Mode?
As SCARD transitions to a subscription-based model, we want to clearly explain how Continued Access Mode operates and what it means for users. If your 30-day trial ends or your subscription is not renewed, your account moves to Continued Access Mode.
What Is Continued Access Mode?
Continued Access Mode is the account status applied when a 30-day trial concludes without activation of a subscription, or when a subscription period ends and is not renewed. It does not mean your account is closed or that your data is removed. Access to your stored clinical records remains available.
In Continued Access Mode, users can:
- Access all existing patient records
- View and update existing cases
- Record re-excisions and follow-up procedures
- Upload documents to existing records
- Generate and export audit data
This allows clinicians to continue managing historical cases and maintain continuity of care where required. Clinicians, including students, can refer back to their audit data at any time, even without an active subscription.
What Is Restricted
- While in Continued Access Mode, users cannot:
- Add new patients
- Create new lesions or specimens (other than re-excisions)
The restriction applies only to new case entry.
Why This Approach?
SCARD was developed as a structured surgical audit tool to support clinical governance, diagnostic accuracy, and continuous quality improvement in skin cancer management. The introduction of a subscription model reflects the practical costs of maintaining secure infrastructure, meeting compliance standards, and sustaining ongoing development. It is intended to ensure the long-term sustainability of the platform, not to commercialise or capitalise on its user base.
Continued Access Mode ensures that:
- Clinicians retain access to their historical audit data
- No existing records are removed
- Data export remains available
- The platform remains sustainable for ongoing operation and development
- Full functionality can be restored at any time by activating or reactivating a subscription.
Existing Users
For long-standing SCARD users, Continued Access Mode ensures uninterrupted access to your historical specimen and audit records, even if you choose not to continue on a paid plan.
Your prior data remains accessible, and you may continue to review and manage existing records. The only restriction applies to new case entry.
Importantly, Continued Access Mode ensures that clinicians, including students, can retain access to their historical audit data and refer back to it at any time, even without an active subscription.
Thank you for your continued support of SCARD.
Kind regards,
The SCARD Team