Goals

DAWN Software Feature(s) which address Goal

Generate Revenue (Payment by Results)

Reduce time to manage patients by

1)   reducing non attendances (DNAs). Non- attendances blocks out others on the waiting list,

2)    reducing time to find information, and

3)    automating tasks.

Reduce Costs (medication, staffing) & Quantify Cost of every element of service

·   Facilitates ready reviews and assessment of disease state and of the patient’s treatment status so ensuring appropriate effective medication use

·   Reduce time to manage patient by

1)       reducing time to find information,

2)       automating tasks, and

3)       reducing DNAs.

·   Database can track/record cost of patient treatment and produce cost reports.

Reduce Incidents - Keep Your Patients Safe and Well - Reducing Emergency Admissions

·      Control non-attendances so that assessments of disease and treatment is done appropriately.

·      Reminders not to forget to do something or do something inappropriate e.g. sent letter to deceased.

·      Improved record keeping – record patient education

·      Eliminate transcription errors

·      Software provides trend detection alerts.

·      Reduce hand-over omissions

·      Software is protocol-driven to minimise deviations from good practice

Eliminate  Bottlenecks/Improve Access (Waiting times)

·   Control DNA’s … non attendances block out others on the waiting list.

·    Reminders not to forget to do something.

·    Reduce time to manage patient by

1) reducing time to find information,

2) automating tasks, and

3) reducing DNAs

Eliminate Patient Complaints

·   Reminders not to forget to do something.

·   Or do something inappropriate e.g. sent letter to deceased.

·    Better record keeping

·    Reduce hand over omissions

Early detection of problems

·   Software provides trend detection alerts for test results or disease activity scores.

·   Software provides the ability to monitor disease state and its progression.

Improve Quality of Care and outcomes / Decrease variations.

·   Facilitates Ready Reviews of Patients treatment status so appropriate effective medication use system can track cost of patient treatment.

·   See more patients by reducing time to find information.

·    Automate Task – Reporting, Letter Writing.

·    Reduce DNA’s

Meet Healthcare Commission and National Patient Safety Agency standards

Facilitates ready reviews of patient’s treatment status so appropriate effective medication use system can track cost of patient treatment.

·   Reporting tool on the database.

·   Data can be readily extracted and analysed from the database to facilitate research, process improvement and disease management.