Features
As a direct response to the specific needs when developing a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) in radiotherapy and to the factors leading to successful implementation of a CDSS, the features of the VODCA package are the following:
- Optimal clinical integration into multi-vendor RT departments
	
- DICOM Server
 - HL7 Server
 - Import RT data in proprietary format, or from proprietary databases
 
 - Right balance between simplicity and flexibility
	
- Modular architecture
 - GUI solutions already present in the RT field
 - "1 Click & Go" button to run scripts
 - Batch and automated processes
 
 - Fast
	
- Some-minutes-range from data import to report creation
 
 
- Integration into hospital IT environment
	
- Equipment: Utilise existing
 - Software: Windows OS
 - Data storage: All OS
 - Easy to install by the user: Setup package
 
 - Users
	
- Doctors, physicists, technicians, statisticians, and researchers
 - One-person system
 - Simple maintenance
 - Minimise database administration time
 
 
- DICOM Server
 - PACS
 - RT Data converter
 - Longitudinal Patient databases:
	
- Comparative planning statistics
 - Planning quality control
 
 - Longitudinal Outcome databases:
	
- Biological modelling
 
 - Research:
	
- API (Application Programming Interface)