Goals

DAWN Clinical Framework 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

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

·      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 Tasks – 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.