Organizational Needs
The hardware an organization needs depends upon the electronic information it processes and how it plans to use the information system. Varian recommends that a separate dedicated server be used for these functions.
Each department needs:
Medical Oncology
- Database Server (required)
- Information Exchange Manager Server (required)
- Citrix Server (required)
- Networked laser printers
- Network cabling in department and treatment rooms
- System administration services
Radiation Oncology
- Database Server (required)
- Image File Server (optional)
- Information Exchange Manager Server (required)
- Networked laser printers
- Network cabling in department and treatment rooms
- System administration services
Consider additional workstations for:
Medical Oncology
- Receptionist
- Medical Oncologists
- Administrators
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Tumor Registrar
Radiation Oncology
- Patient Self Check-In
- Receptionist
- Physicists
- Dosimetrists
- Administrators
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Tumor Registrar
Each treatment room needs:
Medical Oncology
- Thin-client compatible workstations or Citrix compatible windows terminals
- Wireless devices (optional)
Radiation Oncology
- Compatible workstation
- In-room monitor with mounting hardware
- Local laser printer
- Digital camera (optional)
Each simulator room needs:
Medical Oncology
Radiation Oncology
- Compatible workstation
- Digital camera (optional)
System administration needs:
Medical Oncology
- Thin-client compatible workstations or Citrix compatible windows terminals
Radiation Oncology
Notes: Sites using the full ARIA product (Medical and Radiation Oncology) typically require only one IEM server that is shared between modalities.