ARIA – Radiation Oncology Commentary
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Monique Rasband
VP of Imaging & Oncology
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Culture, Value

If the customer has a service contract, Varian avoids charging for every little thing.

Nov 2024
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Manager

Operations, Product

ARIA is really hard to use. Part of that is because we have to be on a server. It does pretty darn...

Oct 2024
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Relationship, Operations

I would like Varian to improve their customer service and support. They want to charge for all our...

Oct 2024
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Physicist

Relationship, Product, Value

I would like to see Varian improve the speed at which they make updates or corrections to the...

Sep 2024
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Physicist

Product

ARIA is integrated well for treatment planning and managing office schedules, and it integrates well...

Sep 2024
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Manager

Operations, Product

A positive part of the system is the ease of use. It is pretty user friendly. It makes sense for our...

Aug 2024
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Manager

Culture, Value

Everything comes with a cost now. Varian could make sure that they stay in a position where we can...

Aug 2024
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Manager

Loyalty

The system's functionality doesn't meet all our needs, but maybe that is our fault. We chose not to...

Aug 2024
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Manager

Relationship

Things have been great with Varian. We have probably one of the best service engineers in the...

Aug 2024
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Manager

Relationship

Varian could improve our experience moving forward if our service engineer were closer. Whenever we...

Aug 2024
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Director

Culture, Value

With Varian, anything we want or need is definitely an upcharge. Every time we turn around, there is...

Jul 2024
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Director

Product

Varian has a pretty robust radiation oncology EMR, but they also have a medical oncology EMR, and it...

Jul 2024
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Director

Relationship, Product

Every upgrade, it feels like Varian will fix a couple of things, but then they will break a couple...

Jul 2024
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Director

Operations, Product

Pretty much everything is going well with ARIA. Our upgrade went pretty seamlessly, and the system...

Jul 2024
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Director

Relationship, Operations

We have had a lot of issues since the installation of the new accelerator hardware from Varian. The...

Jul 2024
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Director

Loyalty, Product

One of the new Varian systems we got was IDENTIFY, and we can see how it was a purchase. The vendor...

Jul 2024
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VP/Other Executive

Operations

The problem with Varian’s training is they just don't have enough resources. It is just a matter of...

May 2024
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VP/Other Executive

Product

Varian could do a better job with new technology. I would like to see them do more in the FHIR API...

May 2024
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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations, Product

When we have done any training with ARIA, it has been good. We don't use ARIA a tremendous amount....

Apr 2024
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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

I would like to be able to merge patients in ARIA. Sometimes we get duplicate patients put in on...

Apr 2024
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Director

Operations, Product

ARIA is cumbersome to use for dropping charges, and there is a lot of actual manual work that goes...

Apr 2024
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Director

Loyalty, Product

ARIA is a good system and has its advantages. We went with ARIA because all our other facilities...

Apr 2024
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Director

Relationship, Operations

The Varian executives were a part of our implementation, but I haven't seen any of them since. And...

Apr 2024
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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

The system is the best application for radiation oncology treatment planning. The documents use a...

Apr 2024
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Director

Product, Value

The good thing about ARIA is that it is very configurable. If you have a talented system admin, you...

Mar 2024
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Director

Relationship, Value

When we need support, Varian isn't very easy to work with. They are difficult when we need something...

Mar 2024
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Director

Product

Varian doesn't want to integrate their system with anything other than their own machines, so they...

Mar 2024
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Director

Relationship

We have some interface issues between Varian and Epic, and I’m not sure why we have those issues....

Feb 2024
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Director

Loyalty, Product

Varian has a reporting module, but we have had some ongoing issues with it. It is frequently down,...

Feb 2024
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Director

Relationship

We need upgrades for ARIA because some things don't work as well as we know they could. It will help...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Product

Everything I have ever heard from our end users has been very positive about ARIA. We don’t hear a...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Relationship, Product

From an IT standpoint, we sometimes struggle with ARIA because Varian is not Epic. However, no other...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Culture

Of the vendors that I have worked on contracting processes with, Varian has been one of the more...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Relationship, Product

We have hit a few bumps in the road with the system, but overall, I think that our providers have...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Product

One of the system's strengths is linking planning and treatment systems. We have another system for...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Relationship

We have been able to regularly touch base with Varian's support team to review requests and...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Loyalty, Product

It would be nice if ARIA talked more with our main EHR so that the two systems could be more...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Product

Our end users have to click too many times to view some things in the system, but I think some of...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Relationship

Varian could use more support resources. It can sometimes be hard for us to get ahold of the right...

Feb 2024
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Director

Product

We are happy with the system. Our people have been very pleased with it, and the system's software...

Jan 2024
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Director

Relationship

The level of service that we have received from the vendor's technical support has dropped slightly...

Jan 2024
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Director

Operations

Varian does a good job with the implementation. They project manage it, and it is included in the...

Dec 2023
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Director

Operations

Varian is somewhat rigid on their availability dates. That is the only reason I am not giving their...

Dec 2023
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Director

Value

Varian charges a heck of a lot, but they don't nickel-and-dime. They just charge us a lot. They are...

Dec 2023
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Director

Operations, Value

Varian’s official training is very expensive, and it is not very well tailored from an IT...

Dec 2023
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Director

Operations, Product

Varian's system is pretty much the gold standard in the industry. It is the product that the...

Dec 2023
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Director

Relationship

I don't even know who our Varian executives are. I don't know whether we are big enough to be on...

Dec 2023
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