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In addition , Seery said Elekta is looking forward to the arrival of Health Care Analytics , which he believes will make a big difference for knowledge-based software usage and product integration .
“ With our innovations , you ’ ll see utilization of radiation therapy continue to rise mainly due to its non-invasive properties ,” he observed . “ Getting people back to their normal routines faster is a very important goal .”
New Way of Treatment The oncology information system software and the depth of data that you get out of it and convert into knowledge is a field Elekta wants to further explore .
“ If you have a large amount of information about patients and how they ’ re treated , and if you follow those patients for an extended period , you ’ ll obviously get a lot of data into how successful treatments were , and what the side effects were ”.
“ You will see trends beyond what you would conventionally see ,” said Seery . “ For example , you would see a particular group of people from a particular racial or cultural background respond better to a certain kind of treatment . That ’ s what we are looking at in the future , and using the knowledge gained from our software will enable that .”
Seery describes the practice as personalised health care . Elekta achieves this by using MOSAIQ ®, which is a complete patient information management system that centralizes radiation oncology , particle therapy , and medical oncology patient data into a single user interface that can be accessible to multi-disciplinary teams across multiple locations .
“ Instead of looking at a person ’ s sex and age to determine treatment we will look at many factors and these could include where they were born , their cultural and racial background and the food they grew up eating . From this information we could make a better informed decision on their treatment plan ,” said Seery .
Employee Training When a new support person joins Elekta , Seery said they go through several different training modules , including having employees
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