Opportunity for Change
Radiation oncology treatment planning is complex, manual, and time intensive. Contouring, dose calculation, and quality assurance require expert review and often create delays in initiating therapy. These challenges make treatment planning slower, less consistent, and more resource-heavy.
Providence modernized these workflows with AI-driven automation.
Context
Manual processes make precision care harder
Even with expert teams, treatment planning steps were fragmented and dependent on repetitive manual effort.
Before this innovation:
- Contouring was done manually
- Plan checks relied heavily on human review
- Dose-calculation workflows were outdated
- Variation created rework and delays
- Inconsistent planning approaches across sites
The result: slower turnaround times, higher workload, and inconsistent planning across sites.
Our Approach
Providence implemented an AI driven automated contouring solution from a specialized oncology AI partner that accelerates and standardizes radiation oncology workflows. The suite automates repetitive clinical tasks, enhancing accuracy and reproducibility. It reduces manual plan-check burden, boosts clinician capacity and speeds up time to treatment.
Transformative Outcomes
- Contouring accelerated from 5 mins to 5 seconds, enabling faster output and time savings
- 97.04% accuracy improved safety and consistency
- Standardized and modernized Treatment Planning Systems (TPS) across radiation oncology sites, improving scalability, reliability, and operational consistency
- Lowered clinician burden by reducing variation and rework
- Improved workflow and system-wide planning consistency
Impact in practice
By implementing AI-driven automated contouring solution, Providence reshaped radiation oncology care delivery, making it faster, more accurate, and less burdensome for clinicians.
Patients receive timely, precise treatment plans, and care teams can focus on complex decisions instead of manual tasks.
