PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CTSI Oncology
Solutions, a Varian (NYSE: VAR) company that provides oncology
services for healthcare providers worldwide, has entered into a
long-term, multi-year agreement with CHRISTUS Health, a
Texas-based health system, to
provide a broad spectrum of technology-enabled services in
radiation oncology. Under the agreement, CTSI will provide six
CHRISTUS radiation oncology departments with comprehensive support
designed to increase efficiency, track and enhance quality, and
reduce costs.
CTSI's Oncology-as-a-Service (OaaS) programs combines
technology-enabled operations, clinical human resources, and
advanced medical technology to support radiation oncology providers
to deploy and optimize technology adoption while increasing quality
and efficiency and decreasing operational costs.
CTSI's engagement with CHRISTUS Health will enable the six
CHRISTUS radiation oncology clinics to centralize some of the very
complex, high-cost activities that are essential for modern
radiation oncology practices—activities that consume a lot of
technical and human resources when reproduced separately at every
treatment center. In addition, CTSI will provide CHRISTUS with two
centralized software platforms:
1)
LION, or "Large Integrated Oncology Network," enabling secure
collaboration between personnel at each of the six participating
CHRISTUS sites and CTSI consultants.
2) A
hosted, cloud-based version of Varian's Eclipse™ treatment planning
software, which will be continually upgraded as new capabilities
are added—something that cannot be done when each treatment center
separately hosts the software.
"Our new partnership with CHRISTUS is especially exciting
because it allows us to optimize clinical operations across these
multiple sites by eliminating duplication," said Andrew Shogan, Senior Vice President of CTSI.
"The engagement will enable the CHRISTUS team to leverage our
consultants' technical expertise and industry insights, as well as
our proprietary, cloud-based OaaS platform, to deliver quality care
for patients while decreasing costs."
In addition to the OaaS engagement with CTSI, CHRISTUS Health
will install six new linear accelerators including TrueBeam®
and Edge® radiotherapy systems.
"This partnership offers our patients access to more advanced
technology and the clinical benefits from centralized management of
our oncology network. This improves quality and enhances
operational efficiencies by leveraging the Oncology as a Service
approach to providing comprehensive solutions," said Dr.
David Benner, Vice President of
Clinical Ancillary Services, CHRISTUS Health. "Varian was chosen to
equip our facilities with state-of-the-art technology and clinical
services because they are a proven leader."
About CTSI
CTSI offers
Oncology-as-a-Service (OaaS) programs that bundle human and
technical resources to support radiation oncology providers seeking
to deploy, configure, and service new technologies and adopt
optimized clinical and business processes to deliver world-class,
quality care for cancer patients. CTSI's services range
across four segments: technology/analytics, medical physics and
dosimetry, training and implementation support, and
management/advisory services. For more information:
www.ctsi.com.
About Varian Medical Systems
At Varian, we envision a
world without fear of cancer. For more than 70 years, we have
developed, built and delivered innovative cancer care technologies
and solutions for our clinical partners around the globe to help
them treat millions of patients each year. With an Intelligent
Cancer Care approach, we are harnessing advanced technologies like
artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics to
enhance cancer treatment and expand access to care. Our 10,000
employees across 70 locations keep the patient and our clinical
partners at the center of our thinking as we power new victories in
cancer care. Because, for cancer patients everywhere, their fight
is our fight. For more information,
visit http://www.varian.com and follow @VarianMedSys on
Twitter.
About CHRISTUS Health
At CHRISTUS Health, we deliver
a complete healing experience that respects the individual. We
serve our communities with dignity. And with a good deal of
admiration. CHRISTUS Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit system
made up of more than 600 centers, including community hospitals,
urgent care centers, health insurance companies and physician
clinics. We are a community of 45,000 Associates, with over 15,000
physicians providing individualized care—and all focused on our
charitable mission. Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of the
Incarnate Word in Houston and
San Antonio and the Sisters of the
Holy Family of Nazareth, our
mission is to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to every individual we serve. For
more information, visit www.christushealth.org.
Aimee Corso
Health +
Commerce
310.780.2661
aimee@healthandcommerce.com
Katy Kiser
CHRISTUS
Health
361.658.5351
Katy.kiser@christushealth.org
INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:
Anshul Maheshwari
VP, Treasurer and
Investor Relations
650.424.6081
investors@varian.com
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