Summary
At Reaktor, we partnered with Varian, the leader in radiation oncology, to help them improve the quality of global cancer care.
By revolutionizing treatment planning with sophisticated cloud-based software, we took a step closer to fulfilling Varian’s vision of a world without fear of cancer.
Project highlights
Cloud-based platform
A cloud-based platform to coordinate top-quality cancer care.
Clinical use ready in 9 months
The service was ready for use in a clinical setting in under nine months from the project start.
Highest security standards
Meeting rigorous security and privacy requirements and regulatory standards of multiple markets.
A multidisciplinary team
A team of developers and medical professionals, working together in an agile setting.
Top-quality cancer care brought to the cloud
In treating cancer patients, radiation oncologists have two primary goals: distributing enough radiation to the tumor to destroy it and minimizing the dosage to healthy organs to curtail side effects.
Reviewing radiation treatment plans is vital in ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of care. To streamline the process, Varian wanted to establish a way to review the plans without heavy machinery and license-based software.
What started as developers’ ambition to use their skills to save lives has now resulted in unique cloud-based solutions for radiation treatment. Going from an idea to a clinical solution in under nine months, we’ve helped Varian provide state-of-the-art cancer care, driving its goal of simpler, smarter cancer care.
Exponentially improving access to care
To enable remote cancer care and reduce dependence on on-premise applications, Varian aspires to move most of its long-established software to the cloud. Together with Varian’s development team, we built Azure-based platforms for planning radiation treatment.
By virtue of the elegant, reliable, and human-centered design, the software is effortless to deploy and use regardless of location.
“We believe the development of this unified platform will enable expansion of our radiation oncology quality standards to provide the best available care to more patients.”
Advanced treatment planning
To help physicians with fast and precise planning for advanced cancer care, we built a tool to review radiation treatment plans and provide secondary opinions. It enables better communication between hospitals and their satellite clinics, providing access to top-tier specialists all over the world.
One of the first medical partners to deploy the software shall be The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, ranked No. 1 in cancer care in the United States.
Applicability and agility
Crafting a cloud service for clinical use eant paying intense attention to detail. From protecting patients’ most private health information to abiding by international medical regulations, we made sure to keep every aspect of applicability in check.
Ou team integrated agile working methods with Varian’s century-old tradition of developing pioneering radiotherapy tools. The cultural change we initiated continues to yield fruitful results and power new victories over cancer.
“Reaktor’s swiftness and agility have helped us tremendously in taking things forward. The team is not only technically competent but also has a great attitude, creating a positive culture.”
Our contributions
- Software architecture
- Software development
- Visual design
- UX design
Contact
Let’s take the next step together
Juuso Haaksivuori
Director of Business Development