MOSAIQ's long record of multi-vendor connectivity continues

Customers using Elekta’s MOSAIQ® oncology information system (OIS) experience success with seamless integration to Varian’s TrueBeam™ system for radiation therapy delivery. The MOSAIQ interface to this linear accelerator is the most recent example of exceptional connectivity between Elekta’s premier OIS and the delivery systems of other cancer management equipment providers, including Siemens and TomoTherapy, and particle therapy vendors such as Hitachi and IBA.

“Creating a seamless link between MOSAIQ and TrueBeam is consistent with Elekta’s philosophy of open systems connectivity that has endured for 20 years,” says Todd Powell, Executive Vice President, Elekta Software. “MOSAIQ provides unsurpassed safety, functionality and interoperability, meeting our clinicians’ highest expectations and providing the most comprehensive information medium for excellent patient care.”

The MOSAIQ OIS streamlines medical oncology and radiation oncology workflow from the first encounter, through diagnosis and staging, planning, treatment and long-term follow-up. At the heart of MOSAIQ is the image-enabled electronic medical record (EMR) by which healthcare professionals communicate information about their patients throughout the continuum of cancer care.

First centers with new MOSAIQ connectivity report success

Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) and Exempla Saint Joseph Comprehensive Cancer Center (Denver, Colo.) are among the first sites to use the new MOSAIQ OIS interface with the TrueBeam system. Both centers have experienced excellent MOSAIQ connectivity and interoperability.  

“Three years ago we converted to a 100 percent paperless department, and accomplished this by modifying departmental workflow into an integral process-driven patient care operation in MOSAIQ,” says Louis Potters, M.D., Chairman, Department of Radiation Medicine North Shore-LIJ Health System. “The MOSAIQ software offers more than an EMR. It provides an entire radiation oncology solution that manages patient data and the department’s operations. As we rebuilt our department, MOSAIQ was a great product to start with. In addition, MOSAIQ interfaces with some components of our other hospital systems. All-in-all, the MOSAIQ experience with the latest Varian linac is a success for our patients and for our ability to maintain a progressive electronic environment in a complex busy academic practice.”

Clinicians at LIJ also are looking forward to upgrading to the next MOSAIQ release, version 2.2, Dr. Potters adds.

“From what I’ve seen, MOSAIQ 2.2 offers even more ways to streamline workflow as well as a few improvements to existing modules,” he says.

The MOSAIQ interface to TrueBeam has been in place at Exempla Saint Joseph Comprehensive Cancer Center for a few months, according to Greg Gibbs, Consultant Physicist.

“The TrueBeam system connected terrifically from the beginning as did Exempla’s other two Varian linear accelerators previously—there were no problems at all,” he says. “It’s important to have similar user environments at each linac since the therapists go between machines. Since MOSAIQ offers the finest user experience, provides the broadest interoperability and is the most feature-rich OIS available, we were always confident it would satisfy our needs. Historically, Elekta’s EMR has been superior and has led its product category since the beginning.”

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