Philips: Auckland City 黑料吃瓜群网 enhances radiation treatment planning with philips pinnacle3 SmartEnterprise system
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Friday, 19 December, 2014
Friday, 19 December, 2014
For over 15 years, New Zealand鈥檚 largest public hospital and clinical research facility, Auckland City 黑料吃瓜群网, used Philips Pinnacle system for radiation treatment planning. As part of the hospital鈥檚 continued commitment to delivering service excellence, Auckland City 黑料吃瓜群网 recently upgraded to the new Philips Pinnacle鲁 SmartEnterprise system for a faster and more efficient distributed workflow.

Using 鈥渢hin client鈥 connections with a fast refresh rate, Philips Pinnacle鲁 SmartEnterprise system improved contouring from any department within the hospital and reduced the amount of time spent by oncologists away from patients. With this powerful centralized computing system, the medical team at Auckland City 黑料吃瓜群网 found that they could better optimize radiation treatment planning workflow, work more efficiently, and create a better experience for patients.

Incredibly smart, unbelievably efficient
Philips Pinnacle鲁 is a leading planning system trusted by customers in the region. Its fast, accurate and interactive treatment planning made it one of the leading radiation treatment planning systems in performance and reliability. The fully integrated photon, proton, electron, stereotactic, brachytherapy, simulation, image fusion, intensity modulated radiation therapy options and volumetric modulated arc therapy planning allows treatment planning tasks from a single platform.
Philips Pinnacle鲁 is a vendor neutral therapy planning system that helps departments make decisions about the best delivery system and its centralized server solution has been very popular as it supports remote access from the clinic, physician鈥檚 office or home.
Its smart automation tools enable clinicians to generate high quality plans quickly and with limited user intervention. These plans can then be evaluated against agreed clinical goals using intuitive dashboards that provide ready information on plan quality to help facilitate consistency of treatments throughout the department. This enhanced capability allows clinicians to regulate patient changes over time in the treatment planning process.
鈥淭he scalability of Philips Pinnacle鲁 SmartEnterprise system is virtually unlimited. It is one of Philips鈥 many advancements thanks to our long commitment in the field of radiation oncology and many close customer collaborations. These user partnerships are vital to helping us deliver continued satisfaction to both new users and our large installed base of loyal customers. With seven major releases in the past 4 years, we have pushed Pinnacle鲁 performance to the next level resulting in more speed, more flexible dose management, expanded planning modes and smart automation to drive consistent high quality care in comparison to our previous systems,鈥 said Susan Wallace, General Manager, Radiation Oncology Systems at Philips Healthcare. 鈥淭hrough integration with advanced imaging solutions in radiation oncology,we plan to drive up both quality and efficiency to support better treatment experiences and outcomes for patients and healthcare providers鈥.
An Intuitive Planning Environment
Philips Pinnacle鲁 SmartEnterprise system provides a scalable cost effective solution for therapy planning that is designed to make treatment and re-treatment adaptation feasible. Recent advances such as automation greatly assists with workflow and helps radiation oncology departments provide the best treatment possible for their patients.
The system provides a planning environment that simplifies workflow and is easily understandable with key features including scripting, plan modification and optimization and multi-desktop networking.
鈥淎t Philips, we are committed to improving lives through meaningful innovations. We are constantly working and co-innovating with customers and partners to deliver solutions that will directly address the challenges faced byclinicians on a daily basis,鈥 added Susan.
A personal note from Susan Wallace, General Manager, Radiation Oncology Systems at Philips Healthcare

I鈥檓 heartened that Philips Pinnacle鲁 SmartEnterprise system has brought about positive change within your organization and I thank you for your continued support and partnership over the years. I look forward to ongoing collaborations to deliver meaningful innovation in radiation oncology for a long time to come.
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