The ARIA oncology information system combines an oncology-specific patient electronic medical record (EMR) with functional components for managing clinical, administrative and financial operations.
Physicians use the ARIA system to manage radiation therapy treatments and can exchange prescriptions electronically with pharmacies connected to the Surescripts network.
Using ARIA, clinicians can send new prescriptions directly to a computer at a participating pharmacy.
Pharmacy personnel send renewal authorization requests directly to the clinic electronically, where prescribers can review the requests and respond with a few keystrokes.
Varian senior product manager Ken Hotz said this certification is among the US government-mandated criteria for demonstrating Stage 1 ‘meaningful use’ of an electronic health record and thereby qualifying for federal funding under the HITECH Act.
"Varian just recently received ARRA/HITECH certification for its ARIA medical oncology software, and will submit the ARIA radiation oncology product for the same certification in summer of this year," Hotz said.
