DAWN RH Newsletters – 2015

December 2015

DAWN Score Cards – patient or healthcare professional-completed online disease activity questionnaires
Customer Support Resources
The importance of upgrading your DAWN RH system
Improve Communication – Advanced on-board letter writer
Increased interest in DAWN for Dermatology, Gastroenterology and Respiratory
Comorbidities Raise Death Risk in RA
New Recommendations for the Management of Psoriatic Arthritis
Clinical trial explores new ways to help chronic pain sufferers

November 2015

Support desk holiday closures
Interactions with other systems
Front Screen Tallies
The dangers of copying and pasting
Windows 2012 server upgrades – access and permissions with DAWN RH
Moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis patients may benefit from Olokizumab
Early RA responds to Actemra
Cardiac death rates falling in RA
ACR releases 2015 guidelines for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

October 2015

Work Smarter – Version 7.9.45 – 7.9.47
DAWN Score Cards – patient or healthcare professional-completed online disease activity questionnaires
Improve Communication – SMS/Email functionality from DAWN
Increased interest in DAWN for Dermatology, Gastroenterology and Respiratory
Lilly and Incyte’s oral arthritis drug tops
Humira in a big Phase III trial
Decreasing TNFi Dose Maintains Stable Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity
Arthritis changes pain receptors
New Guideline Stresses Ultrasound for JIA Imaging

September 2015

Important information for customers – Server/PC/Internal IT system upgrades and replacements
Regular backups of your DAWN RH system are essential
Boost team work with electronic referrals
Increased interest in DAWN for Dermatology, Gastroenterology and Respiratory
Positive results from Phase 3 study evaluating Cimzia in DMARD-naïve rheumatoid arthritis patients
NICE recommends Chugai’s RoACTEMRA monotherapy to treat severe rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis follow-up study suggests long-term safety and efficacy of combo therapy
NICE set to recommend seven biologics for severe rheumatoid arthritis

August 2015

Support Desk Holiday Closure
Work Smarter – Version 7.9.44
Moving patient appointments forward in DAWN RH
Monitoring TNF in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Can’t tolerate methotrexate? Biologics can go it alone in RA
Multiple Comorbidities Are Bad News for RA Tx Goals

July 2015

DAWN RH User Group Summary 2015
The importance of upgrading your DAWN system
Regular backups of your DAWN system are essential
National award for hospital team for ground breaking research
Newcastle University experts get £1m grant for research into arthritis
Manchester University experts develop new test to help arthritis sufferers by predicting response to treatment

June 2015

Customer Support Resources
DAWN RH User Group Webinar
Work Smarter – Latest Release
WHI Analysis Confirms Higher CVD Risk in RA
NICE rejects Otezla for psoriatic arthritis coverage
Rheumatoid arthritis patients should be offered intensive treatment when first diagnosed

May 2015

Work Smarter – Latest Release, Version 7.9.42
DAWN RH User Group Webinar
Customer Support Documentation
Careful medication choices can help reduce infection risk posed by certain treatments for RA
New research shows that 40% of people with arthritis don’t take their drugs as prescribed
Novel Monoclonal Antibody Promising in RA Patients

April 2015

Support desk holiday closure
New: DAWN Score Cards – patient or healthcare professional-completed online disease activity questionnaires
Improve Communication – NEW SMS/Email functionality from DAWN
Free DAS28 calculator
New pathway reveals how immune system is regulated, gives hope for chronic diseases
Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Ups Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risk
People with rheumatoid arthritis more likely to develop insulin resistance

March 2015

Support Desk Holiday Closures
Come and visit us at the BSR
Improve Communication – NEW SMS/Email Functionality from DAWN
Improve Communication – Advanced on-board letter writer
Recommendations for your DAWN system: Test and Live
Five NHS hospitals adopt ESCAPE Pain arthritis self-management scheme
Misdiagnosis Likely Due to Virus, Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptom Overlap
Safety of subcutaneous versus intravenous tocilizumab with traditional disease-modifying drugs
Homocysteine plasma levels in psoriasis patients

February 2015

Come and visit us at the BSR
New wizard to simplify adding test results manually
Microsoft 2003 server support withdrawn
Software can help arthritis sufferers
NICE proposes to recommend drug for psoriatic arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis Research Offers Hope

January 2015

Work Smarter in 2015 – Latest Release 7.9.40
Communications – Letters / Faxes / e-mails
Safely backing up your database
Blood Test Predicts TNF Inhibitor Response in RA Patients
New deal brings Aberdeen drug for rheumatoid arthritis nearer to patients in need
New arthritis implant hailed as ‘magic’
Rural Rheumatology Telemedicine Services Satisfy Patients