Cancer radiotherapy is a sophisticated process
that requires various healthcare professionals-
oncologists, physicists, dosimetrists, and others-
to coordinate efforts and interact with different
systems, sometimes at different facilities. Effective,
efficient treatment of patients, especially in the case of
advanced protocols, such as IMRTand brachytherapy, requires
a degree of integration that has been virtually impossible to achieve
until early in fiscal year 2000 when VMS introduced its Generation 6
technology.
Generation 6 is the first centralized data management
and control system that supports every function of the radiation
treatment process. It seamlessly links each step to ensure
highly efficient clinical operations, innovative treatment
techniques, uniform and consistent user interfaces,
and cost-effective business practices.
Some key benefits include the following:
• Fully integrated data and images
• Easier incorporation of new treatment
technology and methods
• Faster patient throughput
• Reduction in computer
space requirements
• Ease of use
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Dr. Lawrence
Davis,
Professor
and
Chairman,
Department
of Radiation
and
Oncology,
Emory Clinic,
with Emory
Clinic
colleague
Dr. Shelley
Machuga
"The more truly
integrated the process
and technology are,
the more effective and
efficient the treatment
delivery can be."
LAWRENCE W. DAVIS, M.D.
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