ARIA | Benefits

On-demand access to oncology-specific patient information and images streamlines clinical workflow. ARIA incorporates image processing and review tools to support today's image-based radiation treatment techniques. The system supports the entire clinical process for medical oncology practices and comprehensive cancer centers, including the development and management of complex clinical trials.

Administrator

Expanded treatment capabilities can improve the quality of patient care. Effective process improvement and cost containment initiatives can increase overall department profitability.

Position your department as a clinical leader in your community by offering patients sophisticated treatment techniques
Optimize staff and equipment resources for greater efficiency and faster patient throughput
Submit claims for all chargeable events, and minimize claims denials and underpayments

Physician

Unlike general-use hospital information systems, ARIA's oncology-specific EMR provides you with the unique tools you need to manage the specifics of the disease, not just the department.

Prescribe chemotherapy from a selection of over 300 standard regimens
Evaluate diagnostic and treatment images from anywhere in the department
Be confident that your medical oncology decisions are supported with ARIA's embedded, rule-based safeguards

Physicist/Dosimetrist

Use ARIA with Eclipse or any DICOM-compliant treatment planning system. Since Eclipse information is stored in the Varian system database, no import or export of plan data is required with ARIA.

Know you are always working with up-to-date patient information.
Streamline treatment plan development and approval process
Perform weekly physicist chart checks to compare planned versus actual radiation treatment values

Radiation Therapist

ARIA helps streamline department workflow and lets you spend more time focused on your patients and less time chasing paper charts.

Review acquired images for patient setup verification
Reposition treatment couch remotely from the treatment control console area
Create templates for routine documentation
Post activity charges at the point of care

Nurse

ARIA provides a fully-electronic way to document patient health assessments.

Use a portable Tablet PC in the exam room for convenient data entry.
Create customizable patient questionnaires to capture additional patient information.
Graph information such as vital signs and pain scoring to identify trends.

Contact Varian Oncology

Varian Oncology Headquarters
Tel: 1.650.424.5700
Fax: 1.650.493.5637
E-Mail: ca@varian.com

Events

9/10/2008 - 09/13/2008
DGMP Meeting
09/12/2008 - 09/16/2008
33rd ESMO Congress
09/13/2008
5th European Systems Users Meeting
09/14/2008 - 09/18/2008
26th ESTRO Meeting

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