AMSTERDAM and ATLANTA, July 17,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a
global leader in health technology, and West Physics, a premier
provider of medical physics services worldwide, today announced
their partnership resulting in a turn-key computed tomography (CT)
radiation dose management program to help health systems comply
with new dose management requirements from accrediting and
regulatory bodies. Together, Philips and West Physics will help
hospitals establish effective radiation safety programs that help
optimize patient radiation dose to deliver excellent image quality,
while easing the regulatory burden.
Philips and West Physics are uniting innovative dose tracking
technology and medical physics expertise with the goal of helping
hospitals use patient dose data in a more meaningful way, and
ultimately establishing world-class radiation safety programs in
radiology departments across the United
States. With Philips DoseWise Portal, a multi-vendor and
multi-modality software solution that manages radiation data
collection and analysis, and the luminary team of medical
physicists at West Physics, hospitals and health systems will be
fully equipped to establish programs for managing CT protocol
optimization, optimize CT equipment through protocol management and
benchmarking, apply data-driven analytics to assist with regulatory
standard compliance, and set meaningful goals to track progress
against both hospital-specific benchmarks and national
standards.
"Philips remains committed to providing high quality technology
and informatics solutions for radiation dose management, and our
partnership with West Physics helps further our dedication," said
Dominic Siewko, clinical marketing leader and former Radiation
Safety Officer at Philips. "Our aim is to ensure hospitals and
health systems of all sizes have the resources and support for
proper dose optimization and justification for exam ordering,
resulting in effective dose management for patients while providing
excellent image quality. We are looking forward to working with the
highly respected team at West Physics to make dose management
programs a standard part of all hospitals and health systems across
the U.S."
"In today's shifting regulatory environment, hospitals really
must look ahead to remain compliant with evolving requirements for
CT dose optimization," said Dr. Geoffrey
West, President and Senior Medical Physicist of West
Physics. "With guidance from our team of specialty-trained medical
physics experts, who are intimately familiar with not only the
relevant standards but also with effective ways to adjust scan
technique on each various CT make and model to produce an optimal
image quality / dose balance, technologists will learn how to best
utilize Philips DoseWise Portal dose tracking software to manage
dose and remain compliant. Additionally, our experts will work
alongside hospitals and imaging centers to address challenges and
provide advice for building their radiation safety program."
The combination of West Physics' services and Philips' DoseWise
Portal is available in three tiers of professional support to help
health systems of all sizes achieve their CT dose management goals.
Hospitals will be able to optimize patient doses through protocol
reviews and optimization, conduct performance evaluations against
industry benchmarks, test CT scanners for accuracy against the
stated dose output, establish and set up dose alert levels, and
stay in compliance with local and national standards.
To learn more about Philips' innovations in dose management,
watch this educational video, visit www.Philips.com/DoseWise and
follow the conversation @PhilipsHealth.
For further information, please contact:
Alicia Cafardi
Philips Group Press Office
Tel: +1 412-523-9616
E-mail: Alicia.Cafardi@philips.com
About West Physics
West Physics Consulting, LLC,
based in Atlanta, Georgia,
provides quality assurance testing for advanced imaging equipment
(MRI, CT, NM/PET, etc.) as well as other radiation safety
consulting services to over 2,000 hospitals and imaging centers in
50 U.S. states, federal territories, the Caribbean, Latin
America, and the Middle
East. West Physics employs a highly educated, trained and
experienced team of medical physicists and health physicists to
assist its clients with a wide variety of challenges in their
diagnostic imaging businesses, including: independently testing
highly complex imaging equipment to ensure patient safety and image
quality; assisting facilities with achieving prestigious
accreditation from the American College of Radiology, The Joint
Commission, Intersocietal Accreditation Commission, and RadSite;
helping facilities design lead shielding for x-ray installations;
and providing other forms of regulatory and technical consulting.
For more information, visit www.westphysics.com.
About Royal Philips
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA)
is a leading health technology company focused on improving
people's health and enabling better outcomes across the health
continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis,
treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and
deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated
solutions. Headquartered in the
Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging,
image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as
well as in consumer health and home care. Philips' health
technology portfolio generated 2016 sales of EUR 17.4 billion and employs approximately 70,000
employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News
about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.
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