|
|
Mary
Washington Hospital (MWH), part of MediCorp Health Systems in
Fredericksburg, VA, has been the areas premier health care
provider for more than 100 years. We exist to improve the
health status of all people within our community. Through the
Cancer Center of Virginia, MWH offers the most advanced
radiation therapy available. In 2000, they were the first
community hospital in the state to introduce a new form of
intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), targeting tumors with
greater precision and stronger doses, while offering better
protection to the healthy tissue surrounding tumors. The Cancer
Center also offers a wide variety of health screenings and
support groups.
MWH recently switched from Lantis to IMPAC and is currently
treating 70-80 patients per day on both their Varian 2300 IX
equipped with the 4D Integrated Treatment Console (ITC), and
Siemens Primus. According to Brian Monzon, Chief Therapist at
MWH, Using an EMR platform that works so well regardless of
delivery vendor was a strong motivating factor for us. Since
our treatment volume is relatively high for a two-machine
department, having a common user environment to manage patient
and patient treatments was absolutely critical to maintaining
throughput. These factors led to a significant overall
improvement in department workflow.
One improvement Brian has seen with the new interface between
the Varian 4D ITC and IMPAC is that, Im now able to add
information to the schedule while the 4D is in treatment mode.
Currently we are using the IMRT with the
On-Board Imaging (OBI-IGRT) on
Varian, in fact, all our prostate, head and neck patients are
being treated with OBI. We are also using the OBI for some of
our prostate patients with fiducial seeds. For the Primus, we
have had no problems doing IMRT treatments.
IMPAC products provide a vendor-independent solution that
enables customers to use any combination of planning and
delivery technology. IMPAC has over 15 years experience in
delivering these solutions to a variety of customers ranging
from community hospitals to large university cancer clinics.
Download Profile
|
|
 |
|
Mary Washington Hospital
Brian Monzon, Chief Therapist and Renee
Shank, Manager of Cancer Center Hospital |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Email
Us] |
|
|
