AGFA HEALTHCARE SOLUTION
UNVEILS INTEGRATED DIGITAL PATHOLOGY/PACS*
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solution that, for the first time, integrates digital pathology with x-ray imaging and informatics through its IMPAX Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) platform. This solution, is currently in clinical review at the La Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, a 1,600-bed Paris teaching hospital. It includes a high- throughput, whole slide scanning device coupled with dedicated workstations used by pathologists to view digital pathology images that support more confident diagnosis through specific clinical applications.
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SOLUTION FACILITATES COLLABORATION BETWEEN CARE PROVIDERS IN HOSPITAL Once slides are digitally scanned, the pathologist selects the Regions of Interest (ROI) to be automatically integrated into the IMPAX PACS. Combining digital pathology and radiology images onto the same image management system results in multiple advantages including improved multidisciplinary team discussions such as tumour boards, better education within teaching hospitals, enhanced research and more expedient peer review. Integration also offers excellent workflow optimization in terms of image management and facilitates collaboration between clinicians, radiologists and pathologists, resulting in
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improved communications and a more streamlined workflow.
PATHOLOGY NOW JOINS OTHER MEDICAL SPECIALTIES ON DIGITAL NETWORK Anatomical pathology is the last medical discipline to be digitized; radiology, orthopaedics and cardiology have long benefited from the move from analogue to digital workflows. “Combining radiology and pathology
images represents a critical step towards integrated diagnostics where a multi-disciplinary approach and sub-specialization are highly used, such as in a large teaching hospital,” says Prof. Philippe Grenier, Head of Radiology at La Pitié-Salpêtrière. He adds that such advances take image management beyond the radiology department, toward an enterprise model characterized by broader clinical access, more data from various sources and better communication between medical disciplines. The correlation of radiology and pathology images is expected to provide more efficient, higher quality patient care.
“Digital pathology offers more and better tools. By integrating our digital images within the PACS, I believe we’ll reach a new level of clinical care management workflow,” comments Prof. Frédérique Capron, Head of Pathology at La Pitié-Salpêtrière.
IT LEADERSHIP ASSISTS SUCCESSFUL PATHOLOGY INTEGRATION Agfa HealthCare leveraged its current expertise in digital imaging informatics, storage and distribution by offering digital pathology solutions linked to scanning devices and analytical workstations, as well as the integration of pathology images within radiology storage instances. This complete solution facilitates the exchange of clinical data in multiple forms. The solution deployed at La Pitié- Salpêtrière includes IMPAX PACS. Plans are to expand, in other selected sites, the integration within IMPAX Data Center with XERO viewer for long-term data storage and distribution. The IMPAX Data Center Viewer, powered by XERO, is an enterprise medical image viewer that allows clinicians secure access to patient information, independent of location, on a variety of web-enabled devices. Jérôme Galbrun, Global Head of
Business Development, Agfa HealthCare says: “The benefits of the digital pathology solution extend far beyond the pathology department. We aim to develop comprehensive solutions to improve access to sub-speciality care, greatly increase information sharing and reduce diagnosis time, particularly in remote locations.” Agfa HealthCare’s digital pathology solution is currently in pre-clinical validation phase and expected to be available in 2012. ■
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