Varian Medical Systems, Flatiron Health To Develop Cloud-based Oncology Software

(RTTNews) - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (VAR) and Flatiron Health, inc. said that under a strategic alliance, they will develop the the next generation of cloud-based, electronic health record or EHR, data analytics and decision support software for cancer care providers around the world.

Together, the companies will build upon their existing respective software platforms to deliver a cloud-based integrated medical oncology, radiation oncology and data analytics product suite.

As a first step in the collaboration, both companies will offer customers OncoEMR, Flatiron Health's cloud-based medical oncology EHR. Later this year, OncoEMR will be made seamlessly interoperable with Varian's award-winning ARIA oncology information system, now in use at over 3,800 cancer centers around the world.