Featured parts of the week - Varian Oncology 2100C system

The Global Oncology Health Network is the place to go for your used medical equipment parts needs!

This week we would like to feature the Varian Oncology 2100C system. If you are using this equipment in your medical facility, we can get the parts you need to repair or maintain it!

The Clinac® 2100C linear accelerator is the most widely selected medical accelerator in the world, treating thousands of patients every day. The standard-bearer of the industry, the Clinac 2100C linear accelerator has the highest uptime in the industry.

Features and Capabilities

Standard Features:

• Two selectable photon beam energies
• Selectable dose rate up to 600MU/min
• Choice of electron energies to meet clinical needs, with electron applicators included
• Tight isocenter alignment of the gantry, couch, collimator, and imagers
• Reproducible, stable, and accurate machine positioning
• Exact® couch for accurate reproducible patient positioning
• Modes for special clinical procedures, e.g. high dose total skin electron mode and total body X-ray mode
• Enhanced dynamic wedge saves time and the need to reenter the treatment room
• SmartConnect® remote access technology provides access to Varian® customer support expert assistance and online remote analysis

Optional Features:

• MLC - the widest range of multileaf collimator (MLC) resolution choices on the market
• Auto field sequencing - automate field delivery for maximum efficiency
• Advanced dynamic procedures - used with the MLC option to create true 3D doses with intensity modulated techniques
• Low dose rate option - 5–80mu/min dose rate selection
• Laser guard collision detection system

Please let us know if we can help you with parts for this machine or any other medical equipment needs that you have! 

Give us a call if we can provide you with further information on this or you have a need for MRI or other medical imaging equipment!

We deinstall for competitive rates, with a 24/7 response time, without interruption of staff or patient. Our network of hospitals and clinics keep us very competitive, when your looking to sell or buy a system from us.

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Types of Cancer Treatment

The Global Oncology Health Network is committed to providing information on cancer treatment, prevention, and medical technology to help detect cancer.  For this Blog, we want to share the different types of cancer treatments available to patients.  There are a wide range of treatment options available and some newer forms of treatment including alternate treatments.

Types of Cancer Treatments (info shared from www.cancer.org) 

Surgery

Surgery can diagnose, treat, or even help prevent cancer in some cases. Most people with cancer will have some type of surgery. It often offers the greatest chance for cure, especially if the cancer has not spread to other parts of the body. 

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy (chemo) is the use of medicines or drugs to treat cancer. The thought of having chemotherapy frightens many people. But knowing what chemotherapy is, how it works, and what to expect can often help calm your fears. It can also give you a better sense of control over your cancer treatment.

Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy uses high-energy particles or waves to destroy or damage cancer cells. It is one of the most common treatments for cancer, either by itself or along with other forms of treatment. Learn more about radiation therapy in this section.

Targeted Therapy

Targeted therapy is a newer type of cancer treatment that uses drugs or other substances to more precisely identify and attack cancer cells, usually while doing little damage to normal cells. Targeted therapy is a growing part of many cancer treatment regimens.

Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is treatment that uses your body's own immune system to help fight cancer. Get information about the different types of immunotherapy and the types of cancer they are used to treat.

Hyperthermia

The idea of using heat to treat cancer has been around for some time, but early attempts had mixed results. Today, newer tools allow more precise delivery of heat, and hyperthermia is being studied for use against many types of cancer.

Stem Cell Transplant (Peripheral Blood, Bone Marrow, andCord Blood Transplants)

Bone marrow transplants and other types of stem cell transplants can be used to treat cancer. 

Photodynamic Therapy

Photodynamic therapy or PDT is a treatment that uses special drugs, called photosensitizing agents, along with light to kill cancer cells. The drugs only work after they have been activated or "turned on" by certain kinds of light.

Lasers in Cancer Treatment

Lasers, which are very powerful, precise beams of light, can be used instead of blades (scalpels) for very careful surgical work, including treating some cancers.

Blood Product Donation and Transfusion

Transfusions of blood and blood products temporarily replace parts of the blood when a person's body can't make its own or has lost them from bleeding.

Give us a call if we can provide you with further information on this or you have a need for MRI or other medical imaging equipment!

We deinstall for competitive rates, with a 24/7 response time, without interruption of staff or patient. Our network of hospitals and clinics keep us very competitive, when your looking to sell or buy a system from us.

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Tips for preventing Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is a terrible disease affecting both men and women.  Early detection of this disease can make a large difference in surviving this disease however.  There are also some things to consider to prevent breast cancer and The Global Oncology Health Network would like to share these with you.  These tips were pulled from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, a world leader in the research, prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Breast Cancer Statistics (http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/statistics)

• About 1 in 8 U.S. women (just under 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
• In 2013, an estimated 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 64,640 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.
• About 2,240 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in men in 2013. A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000.
• About 39,620 women in the U.S. were expected to die in 2013 from breast cancer, though death rates have been decreasing since 1989 — with larger decreases in women under 50. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advances, earlier detection through screening, and increased awareness.
• For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.
• Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. Just under 30% of cancers in women are breast cancers.
• In 2013, there were more than 2.8 million women with a history of breast cancer in the U.S. This includes women currently being treated and women who have finished treatment.
• A woman’s risk of breast cancer approximately doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. About 15% of women who get breast cancer have a family member diagnosed with it.

Tips for preventing Breast Cancer

1. Avoid becoming overweight. Obesity raises the risk of breast cancer after menopause, the time of life when breast cancer most often occurs. Avoid gaining weight over time, and try to maintain a body-mass index under 25 (calculators can be found online).

2. Eat healthy to avoid tipping the scale. Embrace a diet high in vegetables and fruit and low in sugared drinks, refined carbohydrates and fatty foods. Eat lean protein such as fish or chicken breast and eat red meat in moderation, if at all. Eat whole grains. Choose vegetable oils over animal fats.

3. Keep physically active. Research suggests that increased physical activity, even when begun later in life, reduces overall breast-cancer risk by about 10 percent to 30 percent. All it takes is moderate exercise like a 30-minute walk five days a week to get this protective effect.

4. Drink little or no alcohol. Alcohol use is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Women should limit intake to no more than one drink per day, regardless of the type of alcohol.

5. Don’t smoke. Research suggests that long-term smoking is associated with increased risk of breast cancer in some women.

6. If you bear children, breast-feed your babies for as long as possible. Women who breast-feed their babies for at least a year in total have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer later.

7. Avoid hormone replacement therapy. Menopausal hormone therapy increases risk for breast cancer. If you must take hormones to manage menopausal symptoms, avoid those that contain progesterone and limit their use to less than three years. “Bioidentical hormones” and hormonal creams and gels are no safer than prescription hormones and should also be avoided.

8. Get regular breast cancer screenings. Follow your doctor or health care provider’s recommendations to decide what type of screening you need and how often you need it.
If you are at high risk for breast cancer, such as having a particular gene like a BRCA gene, or have a strong family history or have had high-risk benign breast disease in the past, talk with your doctor about other options for you which might include:

A. Extra screenings. For some women, MRI or ultrasound screenings can add valuable information to regular mammogram screening.
B. Estrogen-blocking drugs. Women with a family history of breast cancer or who are over age 60 should talk to their doctor about the pros and cons of estrogen-blocking drugs such as tamoxifen, raloxifene, and aromatase inhibitors.
C. Prophylactic surgery to remove breasts and/or ovaries. Women who have had both breasts surgically removed reduce their risk of breast cancer by over 90 percent. Women who have had both ovaries removed have about half the risk of developing breast cancer as women with intact ovaries. Clearly these options are most appropriate for women at very high risk.

Give us a call if we can provide you with further information on this or you have a need for MRI or other medical imaging equipment!

We deinstall for competitive rates, with a 24/7 response time, without interruption of staff or patient. Our network of hospitals and clinics keep us very competitive, when your looking to sell or buy a system from us.

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Changing standards for providing diagnostic imaging services

The Global Oncology Health Network is committed to providing you the latest news in diagnostic imaging services.  Contact us if we can provide you further info on this topic!

The Joint Commission recently approved standards changes for accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory care organizations that provide diagnostic imaging services, including those ambulatory organizations that have achieved Advanced Diagnostic Imaging certification. The changes will be effective July 1, 2014, with additional requirements to be phased in by 2015.

Changes in Standards

• Minimum competency for radiology technologists, including registration and certification by July 1, 2015
• Annual performance evaluations of imaging equipment by a medical physicist
• Documentation of CT radiation dose in the patient’s clinical record
• Meeting the needs of the pediatric population through imaging protocols and by considering patient size or body habitus when establishing imaging protocols
• Management of safety risks in the MRI environment
• Collection of data on incidents during which identified radiation dose limits have been exceeded

The standards changes relate to either quality and safety issues that were needed to more fully address the evolution of health care delivery practices, or expanding upon the current Joint Commission requirements, such as those related to magnetic resonance imaging. The revisions incorporate recommendations from diagnostic imaging experts, professional associations, and accredited organizations on topic areas that must be evaluated to ensure the safe delivery of diagnostic imaging services.

“With these updates, The Joint Commission’s goal is to ensure that our imaging standards remain up-to-date and sufficiently address quality and safety,” said Margaret VanAmringe, MHS, executive vice president, Public Policy & Government Relations, The Joint Commission. “These rigorous imaging standards address overall patient safety, oversight of imaging services, staff competency, radiation safety procedures, equipment maintenance and quality control.  This system evaluation seeks to ensure that organizations providing imaging services have the requisite infrastructure and safety culture to minimize radiation exposure to patients and staff and provide safe and effective care.”

Because of the scope of this work, standards changes will be addressed using a phased approach. These initial standards changes represent phase one, which focus on computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine (NM), positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services. Phase two, to be implemented in 2015 will focus on fluoroscopy, minimum qualifications for clinicians who perform imaging exams, and cone beam CT used in dental offices and oral-maxillary surgery practices.

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10 steps in the deinstall or reinstall process

If you are in the process of deinstalling or reinstalling medical equipment in your healthcare facility, prior planning can reduce the time and cost!  The Global Oncology Health Network would like to pass along our experience in this complicated process with some tips to help you.

The 10 steps to the deinstallation and reinstallation process:

1.  Be sure to select a company with a proven track record of success. Get three references and call them, see how well the project went with them. Were they 100% satisfied, on budget and made the deadline you set up?

2.  Give the vendor a laundry list on the equipment make, model and condition. Is it being recycled for scrap or will it be delivered and installed in other facilities. If its scrap, just make sure they follow FDA guidelines in disposal of the elements. If being crated and installed, than get quotes on de-installing, crating, shipping and installed at new facility. Turnkey is what most clinics or hospitals look for.

3.  Make sure the hospital is protected from liability in case of an accident. Typically, the hospital is named as an added insured. Up to 2 million in liability is standard.

4.  It’s very important to assign a project manager, who will follow the project and implement, purchase orders, project assistance with electrician and maintenance. Your staff doesn't like surprises when the de-install crew is there and needs power locked out, or water shut off.  Also have security aware of their arrival and have badges ready. The director of the department and staff needs to be informed of the activity in clinic and how you will interact with them and the safety of patient and staff looked after.

5.  Lock out the power and water if applicable and begin de-installing in the room. The vendor should keep noise to a minimum and not be running back and forth during business hours.

6.  A sticky mat at the door will help eliminate dust and debris from getting in the halls. Don’t let the vendor torch anything, unless a fire permit is given. If smoke is involved or excessive dust accruing, a Hepa filter with a charcoal filter will help with odor and air quality.

7.  Have an exit route outlined for the removal of the elements through hallway to dock. Protect the floor with Masonite, if rolling equipment over 1000 lbs or more, to protect floor tiles. Always be sure to remove most items after busy or business hours, for a safe departure.

8.  A staging area is recommended, if the elements can’t be loaded right away. Usually loading is not a problem at night or early mornings before or after main hospital deliveries. Please check with the dock supervisor on his schedule and your project removal dates vendor is recommending.

9.  When the vendor is planning on loading, please have the dock supervisor remove any unnecessary equipment or containers on dock, so they have plenty of room to move around safely.


10.  Sweep the room of any screws, nuts or dust left behind. After you’re ready to roll, ask the project manager if he or she is 100% happy with your job. This is important to you, as well as the vendor, as he is only known by his last successful job.

As hospitals continue to add wings to their facilities and make the transition from analog to digital equipment, there is a greater need for The Global Oncology Health Network, than ever before.

We deinstall for competitive rates, with a 24/7 response time, without interruption of staff or patient. Our network of hospitals and clinics keep us very competitive, when your looking to sell or buy a system from us.

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Mini Hospitals - saving lives in the field

A mini hospital  is a basic health-care facility capable of proving urgent care, diagnostic services, and health education in poor countries, as well as a referral component once a critical patient is sufficiently stabilized to be transferred to an appropriate hospital in a large city.

A Turn-Key project!

A mini hospital is a turn-key project that provides the construction, the medical equipment, and the training of paramedic personnel with the assistance of qualified professionals to the point of occupancy and operation.

It can be a do-it yourself prefabricated construction system  that is easy to transport and assemble quickly with little to no training, using ordinary hand tools, to erect an inexpensive structural rigid frame composed of columns and light-weight panels capable of meeting the most demanding requirements of hurricane and seismic codes.

Equipment for a Mini Hospital

A mini hospital can have both new and used medical equipment, often donated  by hospitals or doctors that replace suitable equipment with more advanced technology equipment and also enjoy the tax benefits with such donations.

Photo from www.redr.org.uk

Helping underdeveloped countries around the world

Mini hospitals can provide health care facilities and even housing for the world's  underdeveloped and poorest countries that normally would not have the resources for larger health-care facilities.  An added feature is that these benefits are provided through donations from wealth donors and philanthropists that want to help those in need!

Let The Global Oncology Health Network help you with your Mini Hospital equipment needs!

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Medical Equipment De-Installs & Installations without interruption of patient or staff!

The Global Oncology Health Network has been in the business of deinstalling and reinstalling all imaging modalities of medical equipment, for more than twenty years. Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners, Linear Accelerators, Simulators and Rad rooms.

How we started

In 1995 we began the journey in the De-Installation, crating and transportation service. We have been servicing clients nationally and internationally. Working with clinics like St Louis University Hospital, Tenet, HMA, Clarian Health, The Doctors Hospital Nationally, to name a few. In addition, internationally servicing clients in China, Russia and South America.

The greatest challenge of all, however, is not with the systems being de-installed, but with the coordination and communications with hospital staff. The real key is to remove equipment without disturbing the patients or staff. Aside from keeping the noise level at a minimum, the process requires adequate ventilation, cleanliness and safe removal from facility to dock. It has to be like you’re not even there.

Deinstalling an MRI

Here are a couple videos of us in action deinstalling an MRI in Hudson Florida.

Please call or email us for information if we can help you with your next deinstall!

We deinstall for competitive rates, with a 24/7 response time, without interruption of staff or patient. Our network of hospitals and clinics keep us very competitive, when your looking to sell or buy a system from us.

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Welcome to our Blog!

The Global Oncology Health Network is now going to be blogging once a week!  We will be writing about a variety of topics including news in the medical equipment world, news in the healthcare industry, tips for installing and de-installing used medical equipment, and featuring our inventory of pre-owned medical equipment.  Please let us know if there is a particular topic you are interested in, and we will feature it!

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Pre-Owned & Used Medical Equipment
The Global Oncology Health Network

The Global Oncology Health Network is a full service imaging consulting support organization, with used and pre-owned medical imaging equipment. We recycle, deinstall, refurbish and relocate medical equipment to your facility.

Our Mission

Develop an International network helping hospitals and clinics locally and Globally. With our Design/Build team, we provide TurnKey services with all Imaging Equipment and modalities, inclusing CT, MRI, Cath Labs, Simulators and Linear Accelerators, as well as diagnostic and radiation therapy systems for sales and service. 

We've been working with hospitals, clinics and new Design/Build projects for over twenty years. We save our clients thousands of dollars over the OEM's pricing with our warrantied pre-owned systems and parts. We welcome you to ask our clients, like Med Market Place how easy and efficient we are to work with.

Specializing in Pre-Owned & Used Medical Equipment, our services include:

• Purchase of systems
• Sale of pre-owned and refurbished systems
• System rentals
• De-installation and removal of systems
• Disposal of systems
• OEM parts, including pre-owned and refurbished
• Hard to find parts and medical equipment
• Chiropractor X-ray
• Chiropractor Digital
• Podiatry Digital
• Direct Radiology (DR)
• Computerized Radiographic (CR)
• Analog to digital ppgrades on x-ray systems

We deinstall for competitive rates, with a 24/7 response time, without interruption of staff or patient. Our network of hospitals and clinics keep us very competitive, when your looking to sell or buy a system from us.

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