CMS Launches Broadband Products for Remote, Secure Treatment Planning.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2004 CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. introduces Broadband for Focal and XiO, a new technology that provides greater convenience for treatment planning In radiotherapy, Treatment Planning is the process in which a team consisting of radiation oncologists, medical radiation physicists and dosimetrists plan the appropriate external beam radiotherapy treatment technique for a patient with cancer. Typically, medical imaging (i.e. and review. Broadband, an addition to the Focal line of CT simulation planning software products and the XiO treatment planning system, allows clinicians the freedom to plan remotely through any computer with high-speed internet See broadband. access, such as a DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary or a cable modem connection, providing a more economic alternative to expensive T1 lines. The clinical staff can stay in touch with the planning process at the hospital without physically being there. Clinicians can contour, place beams, change leaf positions, review and approve plans remotely from the convenience of any location: their homes, while traveling, or at a satellite location away from the main hospital. And, Broadband supports HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, compliance. "This Broadband technology delivers the convenience and flexibility our customers need," says Cristina McCormick, Marketing Director for CMS. "It is a tool that provides greater clinical efficiency without increasing demand on the staff within the clinic. They now have access to their clinical environment - anywhere, anytime." CMS, Inc. is a world leader in the development and support of radiation treatment software. With more than 1,400 treatment planning systems installed worldwide, CMS is a global resource to radiation oncology radiation oncology n. The branch of radiology that deals with the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancers. radiation oncology departments for treatment planning software and prostate brachytherapy systems. A privately-held corporation, CMS employs 250 professionals in its headquarters located in St. Louis, MO and regional offices in Champaign, IL; Freiburg, Germany; Shanghai, China; and Tokyo, Japan. To learn more, visit cmsrtp.com or call 314.812.4320. For more information visit our website at cmsrtp.com or call 314-812-4320. |
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