After nearly 13 years of reviewing labs and making phone calls at the end of the day, we were sure that there had to be a better way to manage people on anticoagulation medication.  We knew we could do better than having a big three-ring binder full of patient names hoping that they would come in on the right day. Initially, we used a different computer program than Standing Stone.  It worked well for us at the start, especially when things were small and simple.  However, as our clinic grew and we added additional staff, we needed to be able to have tighter patient and quality control than the software we were using could provide.  We switched to Standing Stone over three years ago and have been completely pleased with the change.

Our Anticoagulation Clinic has two different sites and four full-time nurses.  We manage chronic anticoagulation, bridging, and patients with new clots.  Standing Stone has been an excellent addition to our clinics.  It is user friendly and patient friendly.  Our nurses like how well it works for them and our patients appreciate the easy to understand take home reports; particularly the illustrated dosing handout.  It allows easy monitoring of INR in range times which is a huge help from a quality standpoint. By comparing our in-range times to the annual nationwide benchmark statistics Standing Stone provides we can compare our individual clinics to our peers.

Our Anticoagulation Clinics are part of the Aurora Sheboygan Clinic which is a multispecialty clinic of over 100 physicians and part of Aurora Health Care, one of the largest providers in the United States.  We have helped set-up other anticoagulation clinics throughout the Aurora system.  We recommend Standing Stone to any new or existing clinic, because it has worked so well for us.  The initial training was excellent and the technical support has been excellent.  Standing Stone is a tool that would be helpful managing 50 patients or 5000.  We are happy to recommend it to anyone working in anticoagulation management, because we know it will improve patient care.