Designation Recognizes Partnership for Improved Quality
Management and Enhanced Patient Care in Radiation
Therapy
MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan. 26,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Nuclear, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Mirion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: MIR) ("Mirion"),
announced today that it has designated Scripps Health as a Patient
Safety Center of Excellence. This designation marks Scripps as a
leader in the advancement of Quality Management and Medical Physics
in Radiation Therapy and acknowledges their exemplary pursuit of
patient safety.
The Radiation Oncology team at Scripps treats approximately
2,700 new patients per year in San Diego
county, California, across
four sites, including eight linear accelerators. As a Sun Nuclear
Patient Safety Center of Excellence, Scripps will advise other
U.S.-based medical physics departments on the standardization and
automation of Quality Management workflows, with the goals of
increasing efficiency and enhancing patient safety. Recognized for
their research focus, Scripps has taken a critical review of their
workflows with publications and presentations based on the
studies.
Areas of research focus for Scripps have been patient-specific
QA of single-isocenter multiple-met SRS plans and secondary
verification of lung SBRT treatment plans, using the
SunCHECK® Patient software along with the
ArcCHECK® array.1,2,3 This pre-treatment QA
workflow helps Scripps to ensure treatments will be delivered as
expected. In addition, having all their data collected in the
SunCHECK Patient software database proved to be useful for their
re-accreditation process through ASTRO's APEx - Accreditation
Program for Excellence®.
"By using Sun Nuclear's solutions to automate parts of our
workflows, we are able to work more efficiently and focus more on
ways to optimize patient outcomes," said Steve Kirsner, MS, DABR, Director of Physics,
Scripps Health. "Now as a Center of Excellence, we look forward to
sharing our best practices with medical physics teams across the
country and continuing to collaborate with Sun Nuclear to refine
our workflows even further."
By leveraging Sun Nuclear for its Quality Management solutions,
Scripps gains standardization among users and machines, and a
single point-of-contact for support. In addition, Scripps has a
direct connection with the Sun Nuclear Research and Development
team to provide input on how Sun Nuclear products will evolve to
address the expanding needs of medical physics departments. Scripps
joins NYU Langone Health, based in New
York City, as the second Sun Nuclear Patient Safety Center
of Excellence. Both sites will present their experience with the
SunCHECK Platform at upcoming Sun Nuclear Roadshows events —
interactive, small-group educational events, featuring hands-on
experience with Sun Nuclear solutions.
"We're honored to partner with Scripps as a leader in Radiation
Therapy and are eager to see how their work evolves the field.
There is an increasing need for medical physics departments to ease
their workflows through automation and software. Scripps has built
a strong automated Quality Management program that, as a Center of
Excellence, they can advise other U.S. sites on how to replicate
for their own departments," said Luis
Rivera, Sun Nuclear President.
About Sun Nuclear
Sun Nuclear and CIRS are part of Mirion Medical, a group of
healthcare-focused brands within Mirion Technologies (NYSE:
MIR). We provide innovative solutions for Radiation Therapy
and Diagnostic Imaging centers. More than 5,000 cancer centers
worldwide rely on us for independent, integrated Quality
Management. With a focus on ongoing support, Sun Nuclear aims to
ease technology adoption, enhance workflows and improve outcomes –
so that healthcare providers can achieve real results for Patient
Safety. Visit us: sunnuclear.com and cirsinc.com. Follow us:
@sunnuclear.
Contacts
For investor
inquiries:
Jerry Estes
ir@mirion.com
For media inquiries:
Kevin
O'Malley
komalley@mirion.com
1Characterization of An Independent 3D Dose and MU
Verification Software for Lung SBRT Treatments; G Baltz, et al,
Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, San
Diego, CA
2A Method to Simplify Patient-Specific QA
of Single Isocenter Multiple Met SRS Plans; S.M. Kirsner, et
al, Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, San Diego, CA; International Journal of
Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 114 (3), November 2022, DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.2164
3A hybrid method to improve efficiency of
patient specific SRS and SBRT QA using 3D secondary dose
verification; Garrett C. Baltz,
Steven. M. Kirsner, et al, Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center,
San Diego, CA; International
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, December 2022, DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.13858
Sun Nuclear, SunCHECK, and ArcCHECK are registered trademarks
of Mirion Technologies, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other
countries.
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