Brainlab announced yesterday that it has enrolled 11 out of the prospective 30 hospitals and health care systems in the national Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) Patient Registry.

“The AANS-ASTRO Radiosurgery Registry will shape best practices, refine SRS indications and generate new knowledge about SRS," Stefan Vilsmeier, president & CEO of Brainlab, told HCB News. "Documenting and increasing the value of the procedures is the key to assuring that patients have access to the best treatments available.”

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) partnered in September 2014 to launch the registry. Its goal is to define national patterns of care within the radiosurgery field in order to help better manage patients with brain metastases, benign brain tumors and arteriovenous malformations.
From its inception, it aimed to collect data from 30 diverse, high-volume facilities with patient data specific to stereotactic radiosurgery over the course of three years. The registry will log SRS treatment information on thousands of patients.

"The more patients we upload into the registry, the closer we can approach our ultimate goal of thoroughly understanding SRS best practices so that we can help improve patient outcomes," Dr. Brian Kavanagh of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said in a statement.

Brainlab is supporting the registry by transferring treatment and outcome information into the database through its Quentry web-based image sharing service. It leverages advanced encryption and access-control technologies to make sure all of the patient information is secure.

The sites that are currently transmitting patient data through Quentry are the University of Colorado, University of Virginia Health System, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Mayfield Clinic — University of Cincinnati, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Norton Cancer Institute, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Northwell Health.

By the end of the summer, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Yale New Haven Health System, University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong Memorial Hospital are also planning on uploading data to the registry.

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