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Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News Associate Editor | February 24, 2011
Profits from protons
Ultimately, as with many medical properties, success depends on good relationships with referring doctors, an appropriate patient population, strong leadership and well-managed volumes. M.D. Anderson said it was seeing about 142 patients a day, above the 115 a day they needed for the center to work. And patient satisfaction is crucial. "The one thing you need is patient-to-patient referral," Lee observed.
Nonetheless, most speakers cautioned would-be developers to have realistic goals: this means centers hoping to reach 21-hour days with an added weekend shift are likely out. "Saturday treatment? Just forget it," Lee said.
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Dave Dickey
Homework on Proton Beam system suppliers not done!
February 24, 2011 03:15
There are other companies that are developing less costly proton treatment systems, which were not mentioned in this article. At McLaren Health Care in Michigan, we are due to receive our system from Protom International, Inc., this summer, for a three gantry room configuration. Our project cost is less than half the cost of what was identified in the article. For our site, half the shielding is needed from what has historically been required, further reducing the cost of PBT, and our total time for construction and equipment installation is projected to be 14-16 months, far less than industry standard.
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