MELBOURNE, Fla., Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Nuclear Corporation (Sun Nuclear), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mirion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: MIR) ("Mirion"), announced today that Allegheny Health Network (AHN), a Highmark Health Company, has selected Sun Nuclear as its radiation therapy Quality Assurance (QA) solutions partner. The multi-year agreement broadens AHN's use of the Sun Nuclear leading QA devices and software across 14 sites providing radiation therapy for cancer patients from Pennsylvania and beyond. The arrangement also extends a comprehensive contract to provide technical support and investment protection to AHN, through the Sun Nuclear SunServices™ organization.
In recent years, AHN and Highmark Health have made a long-term commitment to expanding services for regional cancer patients. To support this growth and safe implementation of new treatment technologies, AHN sought a provider of independent QA solutions capable of streamlining and standardizing workflows across staff and sites, while centralizing support needs.
The AHN medical physics department includes 20 physicists and 17 dosimetrists. AHN joins the ranks of more than 1,000 worldwide clinical users of the SunCHECK™ Platform for automated and integrated QA. Departments with multiple sites like AHN find the SunCHECK platform's centralized database enables standardization and efficiencies among clinical users, delivery systems and sites.
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In support of daily, monthly, and annual Machine QA, AHN relies on SunCHECK™ Machine software, as well as a range of connected Sun Nuclear devices for fast, real-time linac beam measurement and analysis. AHN leverages the Sun Nuclear ArcCHECK® array for gold-standard 3D pre-treatment QA, as well as SunCHECK™ Patient software for robust patient-specific QA.
As a leader in advanced stereotactic treatments, the network uses the SRS MapCHECK® array, StereoPHAN™ device, and MultiMet-WL Cube from Sun Nuclear. To support Quality Management for its growing MR-guided RT (MRgRT) program, AHN uses the suite of Sun Nuclear's leading MRgRT QA solutions, including the Daily QA™-MR and IC PROFILER™-MR devices. In the near future, the network will install a MICRO+™ MR laser system as well.
For operational continuity, AHN has entered into a multi-year SunServices support agreement for its Sun Nuclear solutions. This contract ensures maximum performance of AHN's Quality Management solutions, including hardware investment protection options, unlimited access to support, the latest software updates, and repair/temporary replacement devices as needed.
