title: Post-upgrade testing on a radiotherapy oncology information system with an embedded record and verify system following the IAEA Human Health Report No. 7 recommendations.
abstract: Record and verify (R&V) systems have proven that their application in radiotherapy clinics leads to a significant reduction in mis-treatments of patients. The purpose of this technical note is to share our experience of acceptance testing, commissioning and setting up a quality assurance programme for the MOSAIQ® oncology information system and R&V system after upgrading from software version 2.41 to 2.6 in a multi-vendor, multi-site environment. Testing was guided primarily by the IAEA Human Report No. 7 recommendations, but complemented by other departmental workflow specific tests. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time successful implementation of the IAEA Human Health Report Series No. 7 recommendations have been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Genesis Cancer Care, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre, 352 South Terrace, Adelaide 5000, Australia. Electronic address: Thulani.Nyathi@adradcentre.com.au.
authors.forename: Thulani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nyathi
authors.affiliation: Genesis Cancer Care, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre, 352 South Terrace, Adelaide 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colyer
authors.affiliation: Genesis Cancer Care, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre, 352 South Terrace, Adelaide 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Anup Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.affiliation: Genesis Cancer Care, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre, 352 South Terrace, Adelaide 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rijken
authors.affiliation: Genesis Cancer Care, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre, 352 South Terrace, Adelaide 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D008490:Medical Informatics; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D058028:Research Report; D012984:Software
keywords: Acceptance testing; Commissioning; Quality assurance; R&V system