Medical physics is pioneering the radiation oncology of the future. Today, 50-65% of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy. Each year the treatments become more complex, more sophisticated, save more lives.
The advancements have been made possible in large part by the science of medical physics. Radiation oncology of the future will demand the continuing support and contribution of qualified medical physicists. How cost effective is the participation of a medical physicist in your radiation oncology program?
When your institution purchases a new machine for treatment of cancer patients, it must be calibrated by a qualified medical physicist. This essential service is the difference between providing safe and accurate care to each of the patients who will be treated over the ten year life of the machine or allowing incorrecnt and potentially harmful treatment.
With up to a 65% of all cancer patients receiving radiation (at an average patient charge of $6,000), the quality assurance provided by medical physicists is an economic as well as a performance issue. Medical physicists possess the knowledge and skill necessary to provide treatments that meet today's exacting standards. Their contributions are reflected in the physics reimbursement codes 77300-77370.
Be sure your program includes the skill, knowledge and dedication of qualified medical physicists. It's the science you can count on...now and into the future.
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