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We were struggling with our anticoagulation clinics. They were very busy and time consuming. It seemed there was potential to reduce the time commitment for both patients coming in and the nurses running the clinics. Dr Lucy Astle, Pendleside Medical Practice

Warfarin patient self-testing, Pendleside Medical Practice, Clitheroe

Pendleside Medical Practice in Clitheroe has recently been able to offer a new kind of connected self-care to patients prescribed warfarin. Patients are able to test their own blood at home, and send their INR result directly to the practice via an app called engage.

We used to have to involve people in sending out audit forms for the NPSA and I had to put together all the results. It is now literally done with a click of a button – it saves a huge amount of time

NHS Cumbria CCG saving time and money and improving patient outcomes

NHS Cumbria CCG was spending a significant amount of time collecting and analysing quality and performance data from multiple practices. It was keen to find a more effective networked solution which had a positive impact on anticoagulation patient population outcomes as well as saving time and money.

“INRstar’s Clinical Services Advocate was excellent at looking at surgery-specific issues and linking these to the training.” Vicki Newport, Lead Nurse, Hammersmith and Fulham GP Federation.

NHS Hammersmith and Fulham GP Federation benefit from targeted INRstar training

INRstar provides location-specific webinars to help users make the most of their anticoagulation solutions. The webinars and training are designed around the needs of the organisation and INRstar can provide bespoke training to new INRstar users or refresher sessions for existing users.

We have used INRstar since February 2016 and it is absolutely a million times quicker and more efficient than our last system! All the information we need is in one place, and we don’t have to log in multiple times to access information. Claire Hensby, Anticoagualtion/DVT specialist sister, Queens Hospital

INRstar hospital at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospital NHS Trust

Queen’s Hospital, part of Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospital NHS Trust, uses INRstar to manage warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) clinic patients. The trust first implemented INRstar in February 2016 and is already demonstrating savings in time and expenditure.

We are really impressed with INRstar and the improved TTR levels it has brought across the board and would highly recommend using the solution! Nigel Nelson, Technical Services Manager, Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness Hospital.

Improving time in therapeutic range with INRstar hospital

The Haematology Service at Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General improves Time in Therapeutic Range (TTR) levels with INRstar anticoagulation management solution. TTR levels for their anticoagulation (AC) patients have vastly improved since implementing INRstar across the service in 2014.

INRstar is easy to use and INRstar analytics helps us to submit quality figures quickly and easily as it enables us to collect information across the area from the different treatment locations. Berni Mallo, Pathology Business Manager, Surrey Pathology Services

Surrey Pathology Services use INRstar analytics to oversee community based anticoagulation

INRstar analytics was commissioned at Surrey Pathology Services in June 2015 to support the community based anticoagulation service of North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) across 14 treatment locations.

DOACs functionality means that we check in with each patient on a regular basis, and patients do not get lost to review. We can check for side effects, compliance and feed all this back into one central system. Bernie Cahill, Assistant Practitioner in Cardiology, Westcliffe Medical Centre

Westcliffe Medical Centre benefits from new INRstar functionality for DOACs

Westcliffe Medical Centre in Shipley is using advanced functionality from INRstar, to manage patients taking direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Under updated recommendations, NICE says that DOACs, should be offered where appropriate.

Patients often don’t have their ‘yellow book’ with them, so we can check we have the patient on the same dose and the prescriber can then update the patient’s information. Jason Pruchniewicz, Lead Pharmacist for Surgery, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust uses INRstar’s External Patient Lookup

The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust uses INRstar’s External Patient Lookup to search for, view and treat anticoagulation patients who are not normally managed by the Trust.

Thanks to INRstar analytics Leicester City CCG can now easily demonstrate: Over 1,300 new warfarin patients requiring anticoagulation treatment added to the INRstar system to monitor TTR and regular patient monitoring which all reduce the risk of stroke 78% reduction in the number of patients with an overdue warfarin monitoring 95% of patients with a TTR >50% No INR readings >8 for over 9 months Database for NOAC patients to support quality reviews and reduce the risk of stroke Medicines management audits showing improved quality of prescribing Practices requiring additional clinical support from GP mentors

Leicester CCG improves patient safety and improves commissioning efficiency

Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has worked in partnership with INRstar, to develop an award winning analytics tool to improve patient outcomes and improve commissioning efficiencies to support the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme.

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