DAWN AC Anticoagulation Software

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What Our Customers Say!

Dan Witt
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Denver, CO, USA

“We use a program called Dawn AC from a company named 4S in the UK. It is the best on the market.

We have really been impressed with how versatile and user friendly the program is. I also like the fact that you can design very effective reports and data queries using an ad hoc report writer that is built into the system.

They have a very basic module that is simply a database (Dawn AC Manager), a model for small organisations (Dawn AC Practitioner), and a more upscale model (Dawn AC Enterprise). The Enterprise and the Practitioner Models have dosing protocols built in (it will actually suggest a dose and return visit date for you).

The model (Dawn AC Enterprise) with the bells and whistles is relatively pricey but definitely worth the money. In the grand scheme of things, this is not that expensive for software.

4S has been doing this for over a decade and their software is used extensively in Europe. The dosing protocols have been shown to increase the therapeutic control compared to experienced anticoagulation providers (article in Lancet a little over a year ago, lead author was Leon Poller who is a World Authority in anticoagulation).”

Dr Barry D Vallance Consultant Physician & Cardiologist, Associate Medical Director, Hairmyres and Stonehouse NHS Trust, Lanarkshire, Scotland

“Dawn AC, with the publication in the Lancet of the first multi-centre randomised study of computerised anticoagulant dosing, is the only software system to have been tested by a large scale trial with the results proving the benefit of computerised dosing. This now makes Dawn AC the gold standard to which other systems must be compared. “

Charles Twilley John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, USA

"We love your system. Thanks for the ongoing commitment to customer service !"

Dr Mike Galvin, Consultant Haematologist, Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, UK

“For those of us who have been attending the Dawn AC User Group meetings from the early days we are aware and heartened by two things: first the continuing total commitment of 4S to continually develop and improve their product; the introduction of benchmarking represents another major leap and second by the enormous enthusiasm and innovative ideas which each new group of users brings to this activity, as well as the continuing development of earlier users. The contribution that 4S have thereby made to the anticoagulation service in the UK by facilitating this massive outpouring of talent and dedication previously untapped is over and above the quality of their product to which everyone abundantly testifies.”

Dr W Ageno, McMaster University, Hamilton General Hospital, Ontario

"Dawn AC resulted in a significant saving in trained personnel time, reduced number of tests and dose changes"

Sandy Meadows, RN, Harrisonburg Medical Associates, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA

“With the Dawn AC system it is easy to track patients. Patient compliance has increased for scheduled lab drawing. Patient records are accessible whenever needed. No time is spent locating the elusive patient chart. Patients cannot be overlooked or "lost." Quality of care has increased because each patient that comes in for an INR speaks to the RN assigned to the clinic that day.

In summary, use of Dawn AC allows the clinic physicians to dose INRs in an organised and reliable manner. Changes within the system have been made with relative ease. 4S Information Systems has provided excellent support for technical problems and in customisation of the program to suit our organisations needs in an user friendly and timely manner.”

Philip Booth, Senior Biomedical Scientist, Anticoagulation, Pinderfields NHS Hospital Trust, Wakefield.

“The whole process of managing our clinics, as you can see, is very much driven by the reports that we can draw from the Dawn AC system. This allows us to keep a strict control of the process as well as providing management statistics on the demand placed upon the service.”

Dr A Craig, Glan Clwyd District General Hospital, Rhyl

"Nearly half the GP practices now participating in the centralised computer aided dosing have reduced the number of INR requests per month, whereas the workload continues to increase in most practices not using the system. Participating practices also have significantly fewer INRs greater than 7.0"

Dr David Wright, Pinderfields & Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust

"A study of Dawn AC Warfarin induction dosing has shown computerised dosing to be as effective and reliable as manually dosing patients across the hospital. It shortens the time taken to achieve therapeutic anticoagulation allowing earlier discharge from hospital."

John Seal, Pinderfields & Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust

"The Events recording facility of Dawn AC has enabled us to identify patients more likely to be at risk of a bleed"

Dr J A Murphy, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie

"The Ad Hoc Report Writer has proved a valuable contribution to audit"

“We Really Care"

“Dawn AC is an easy to use, adaptable, powerful, and comprehensive PC based Anticoagulation Software System. It covers the complete oral anticoagulation life cycle with Induction and Maintenance Modules “

“Lancet Nov 7th 1998, Multi-centred Randomised Trial using Dawn AC shows computer aided dosage leads to INR control 20 to 30% better than medical experts”