CHICAGO, April 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- HIMSS Booth #4204
-- At the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's
2015 conference (HIMSS15), Elekta will introduce Elekta Healthcare
Analytics, a solution for accelerating data analysis to improve
clinical, operational and financial decision making. HIMSS15
convenes April 12-15, in Chicago.
Elekta Healthcare Analytics is a Knowledge Management solution
by Elekta that will enable physicians to harness the vast amount of
data available in the health care enterprise. It comprises
analytical tools that uncover new ways to:
- Reduce costs, eliminate inefficiencies and identify potential
quality improvements
- Manage and measure resource utilization
- Standardize care across small and large networks, monitoring
care patterns and operational trends
- Improve patient satisfaction, tailor patient outreach and
manage clinical trial groups and other patient populations
"Oncology centers generate enormous volumes of data. By
achieving a better understanding of these data, providers will be
better equipped to manage increasing numbers of patients," says
Todd Powell, Executive Vice
President, Elekta Software. "And
this information will be crucial to tailoring care to each patient,
fine-tuning therapy strategies and practice quality, and improving
performance. The real-time dashboards in Healthcare Analytics will
help providers to make confident, evidence-based decisions, using
the insights these data offer."
Among the first users of Elekta Healthcare Analytics and a long
term user of MOSAIQ® Oncology Information System, is The
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center, which is employing the solution in its radiation oncology
practices.
"MD Anderson annually treats thousands of patients with
radiation therapy, so it's important that we use a system that
enables us to not only capture these critical patient data, but
also to leverage that information to implement ongoing improvements
in patient care," says Robin
Famiglietti, MBA, PhD, FACHE, Executive Director and
Division Administrator, Radiation Oncology. "Elekta Healthcare
Analytics provides us with a tool to qualify and quantify how we're
doing, and how we can better serve our patients' needs moving
forward."
The Elekta Knowledge Management suite of cloud-based clinical
and business applications supports data management, reporting,
visualization and analysis. These solutions are key in enabling
Elekta to deliver on its vision of Information-guided
care™.
Breakfast seminar during HIMSS15
On April 15 from 7:30 - 9:30
a.m., Elekta will host a breakfast seminar, "Using Oncology
Data to Better Manage Population Health". The program will be held
at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in the Regency Ballroom
C&D. Registration is available at:
http://comms.elekta.com/HIMSS15.html.
In the session, Anna Theriault,
Global Director Data and Analytics will present how Elekta is
enabling health care leaders to improve cancer center's operational
efficiency and patients' cancer care journeys using advanced
analytics. Visual, real-time dashboards provide users with the
information they need to make data-driven decisions. MOSAIQ®
Oncology Information System, combined with robust Healthcare
Analytics, can help providers decrease variability, reduce costs
and improve patient satisfaction - all while increasing
interoperability within the enterprise IT solution.
Learn more about Elekta Healthcare Analytics at
www.elekta.com/healthcareanalytics.
For further information, please contact:
Gert van Santen, Group Vice President Corporate
Communications, Elekta AB
Tel: +31 653 561 242, e-mail: gert.vansanten@elekta.com
Time zone: CET: Central European Time
Raven Canzeri, Global Public
Relations Manager, Elekta
Tel: +1 770-670-2524, e-mail: raven.canzeri@elekta.com
Time zone: ET: Eastern Time
About Elekta
Elekta is a human care company
pioneering significant innovations and clinical solutions for
treating cancer and brain disorders. The company develops
sophisticated, state-of-the-art tools and treatment planning
systems for radiation therapy, radiosurgery and brachytherapy, as
well as workflow enhancing software systems across the spectrum of
cancer care. Stretching the boundaries of science and technology,
providing intelligent and resource-efficient solutions that offer
confidence to both health care providers and patients, Elekta aims
to improve, prolong and even save patient lives.
Today, Elekta solutions in oncology and neurosurgery are used in
over 6,000 hospitals worldwide. Elekta employs around 3,800
employees globally. The corporate headquarters is located in
Stockholm, Sweden, and the company
is listed on the Nordic Exchange under the ticker STO:EKTAB.
Website: www.elekta.com.
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