CELLULAR PATHOLOGY
Cellular pathology – things to consider when going digital
Digital pathology has been embraced by cellular pathology; but laboratories need to think beyond just a scanner and storage, explains Jake Morrow. To be fully utilised the new technology needs to be backed up with laboratory information systems with enhanced features to help drive quality workflow and support clinical integrated reporting.
Digital pathology is the acquisition, management, sharing, and integration of pathology information in an electronic environment. Its advance is particularly evident in cellular pathology, where the traditional glass slide is digitised.
Cellular pathology laboratories in the UK have gone digital, are going digital, or are looking at a business case for change. There has been national support and funding for the switch, and laboratories have embraced the opportunity to
improve reporting efficiency. This is great news as there is a national shortage of pathologists to meet the current workload. However, efficiency is only realised if there is a digital pathology adoption at the system level.
Not just a scanner and storage Many business cases for digital pathology have focused on image acquisition and management, but laboratories also need to consider how to implement the new digital workflows and how to support the clinicians who will be reporting the cases. As digital reaches more specialities and disciplines, pathology departments could find themselves with many component systems but little information on what is happening across them. There could also be challenges to integrate reporting across multiple disciplines and providing a digital route to order extra tests for precision medicine. These challenges can be addressed
through the WinPath system, that is equipped with modules like specimen processing and the new VUE diagnostic console.
The patient-centric WinPath LIS is designed to drive workflow across all disciplines within pathology. It allows users to govern everything that happens across departments through one system with multiple workflows and an overarching patient layer to ensure specimen and patient records match. As laboratories embrace digital pathology, the need to support different reporting workflows emerges. Digital
Cellular pathology laboratories in the UK are going digital as they embrace the opportunity to improve reporting efficiency. However, efficiency is only realised if there is a digital pathology adoption at the system level.
40 JUNE 2023
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