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Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine
Published in: Journal of Digital Imaging 5/2017

01-10-2017

Enterprise Implementation of Digital Pathology: Feasibility, Challenges, and Opportunities

Authors: DJ Hartman, L Pantanowitz, JS McHugh, AL Piccoli, MJ OLeary, GR Lauro

Published in: Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine | Issue 5/2017

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Abstract

Digital pathology is becoming technically possible to implement for routine pathology work. At our institution, we have been using digital pathology for second opinion intraoperative consultations for over 10 years. Herein, we describe our experience in converting to a digital pathology platform for primary pathology diagnosis. We implemented an incremental rollout for digital pathology on subspecialty benches, beginning with cases that contained small amounts of tissue (biopsy specimens). We successfully scanned over 40,000 slides through our digital pathology system. Several lessons (both challenges and opportunities) were learned through this implementation. A successful conversion to digital pathology requires pre-imaging adjustments, integrated software and post-imaging evaluations.
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Metadata
Title
Enterprise Implementation of Digital Pathology: Feasibility, Challenges, and Opportunities
Authors
DJ Hartman
L Pantanowitz
JS McHugh
AL Piccoli
MJ OLeary
GR Lauro
Publication date
01-10-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 2948-2925
Electronic ISSN: 2948-2933
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-017-9946-9

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