This June, we look at how Radformation accelerates quality assurance (QA) in the clinic. We sat down with Raúl Alfonso Suárez Jaimes, Head of Medical Physics, to learn how Oncoservice in Bolivia has dramatically increased its clinical efficiency. This helped them handle a growing number of patients and increasingly complex plans without losing confidence in their treatment delivery.
Oncoservice has two sites in Bolivia, one in Santa Cruz and one in La Paz. The team includes five radiation oncologists, supported by three medical physicists and three dosimetrists for plan review and quality assurance. Even with the help of 10 technicians, Oncoservice treats nearly 1000 patients per year, and up to 120 per day, which means they have a lot of plans to create, review, and verify.
Raúl says that the decision to implement Radformation's solutions was driven by the need to manage their rapidly expanding multi-site model and the subsequent increase in patients. They use AutoContour, ClearCheck, and ClearCalc with RadMonteCarlo to streamline contouring, plan review, and dose verification. They also use RadMachine for machine QA. The clinic is equipped with two ElektaⓇ linear accelerators (linacs) and uses MonacoⓇ as its treatment planning system (TPS).