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Digital pathology and anatomic pathology laboratory information system integration to support digital pathology sign-out
BACKGROUND: The adoption of digital pathology offers benefits over labor-intensive, time-consuming, and error-prone manual processes. However, because most workflow and laboratory transactions are centered around the anatomical pathology laboratory information system (APLIS), adoption of digital pat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4872480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217973 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2153-3539.181767 |
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author | Guo, Huazhang Birsa, Joe Farahani, Navid Hartman, Douglas J. Piccoli, Anthony O’Leary, Matthew McHugh, Jeffrey Nyman, Mark Stratman, Curtis Kvarnstrom, Vanja Yousem, Samuel Pantanowitz, Liron |
author_facet | Guo, Huazhang Birsa, Joe Farahani, Navid Hartman, Douglas J. Piccoli, Anthony O’Leary, Matthew McHugh, Jeffrey Nyman, Mark Stratman, Curtis Kvarnstrom, Vanja Yousem, Samuel Pantanowitz, Liron |
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description | BACKGROUND: The adoption of digital pathology offers benefits over labor-intensive, time-consuming, and error-prone manual processes. However, because most workflow and laboratory transactions are centered around the anatomical pathology laboratory information system (APLIS), adoption of digital pathology ideally requires integration with the APLIS. A digital pathology system (DPS) integrated with the APLIS was recently implemented at our institution for diagnostic use. We demonstrate how such integration supports digital workflow to sign-out anatomical pathology cases. METHODS: Workflow begins when pathology cases get accessioned into the APLIS (CoPathPlus). Glass slides from these cases are then digitized (Omnyx VL120 scanner) and automatically uploaded into the DPS (Omnyx(®) Integrated Digital Pathology (IDP) software v.1.3). The APLIS transmits case data to the DPS via a publishing web service. The DPS associates scanned images with the correct case using barcode labels on slides and information received from the APLIS. When pathologists remotely open a case in the DPS, additional information (e.g. gross pathology details, prior cases) gets retrieved from the APLIS through a query web service. RESULTS: Following validation of this integration, pathologists at our institution have signed out more than 1000 surgical pathology cases in a production environment. Integration between the APLIS and DPS enabled pathologists to review digital slides while simultaneously having access to pertinent case metadata. The introduction of a digital workflow eliminated costly manual tasks involving matching of glass slides and avoided delays waiting for glass slides to be delivered. CONCLUSION: Integrating the DPS and APLIS were instrumental for successfully implementing a digital solution at our institution for pathology sign-out. The integration streamlined our digital sign-out workflow, diminished the potential for human error related to matching slides, and improved the sign-out experience for pathologists. |
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spelling | pubmed-48724802016-05-23 Digital pathology and anatomic pathology laboratory information system integration to support digital pathology sign-out Guo, Huazhang Birsa, Joe Farahani, Navid Hartman, Douglas J. Piccoli, Anthony O’Leary, Matthew McHugh, Jeffrey Nyman, Mark Stratman, Curtis Kvarnstrom, Vanja Yousem, Samuel Pantanowitz, Liron J Pathol Inform Original Article BACKGROUND: The adoption of digital pathology offers benefits over labor-intensive, time-consuming, and error-prone manual processes. However, because most workflow and laboratory transactions are centered around the anatomical pathology laboratory information system (APLIS), adoption of digital pathology ideally requires integration with the APLIS. A digital pathology system (DPS) integrated with the APLIS was recently implemented at our institution for diagnostic use. We demonstrate how such integration supports digital workflow to sign-out anatomical pathology cases. METHODS: Workflow begins when pathology cases get accessioned into the APLIS (CoPathPlus). Glass slides from these cases are then digitized (Omnyx VL120 scanner) and automatically uploaded into the DPS (Omnyx(®) Integrated Digital Pathology (IDP) software v.1.3). The APLIS transmits case data to the DPS via a publishing web service. The DPS associates scanned images with the correct case using barcode labels on slides and information received from the APLIS. When pathologists remotely open a case in the DPS, additional information (e.g. gross pathology details, prior cases) gets retrieved from the APLIS through a query web service. RESULTS: Following validation of this integration, pathologists at our institution have signed out more than 1000 surgical pathology cases in a production environment. Integration between the APLIS and DPS enabled pathologists to review digital slides while simultaneously having access to pertinent case metadata. The introduction of a digital workflow eliminated costly manual tasks involving matching of glass slides and avoided delays waiting for glass slides to be delivered. CONCLUSION: Integrating the DPS and APLIS were instrumental for successfully implementing a digital solution at our institution for pathology sign-out. The integration streamlined our digital sign-out workflow, diminished the potential for human error related to matching slides, and improved the sign-out experience for pathologists. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4872480/ /pubmed/27217973 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2153-3539.181767 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of Pathology Informatics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Guo, Huazhang Birsa, Joe Farahani, Navid Hartman, Douglas J. Piccoli, Anthony O’Leary, Matthew McHugh, Jeffrey Nyman, Mark Stratman, Curtis Kvarnstrom, Vanja Yousem, Samuel Pantanowitz, Liron Digital pathology and anatomic pathology laboratory information system integration to support digital pathology sign-out |
title | Digital pathology and anatomic pathology laboratory information system integration to support digital pathology sign-out |
title_full | Digital pathology and anatomic pathology laboratory information system integration to support digital pathology sign-out |
title_fullStr | Digital pathology and anatomic pathology laboratory information system integration to support digital pathology sign-out |
title_full_unstemmed | Digital pathology and anatomic pathology laboratory information system integration to support digital pathology sign-out |
title_short | Digital pathology and anatomic pathology laboratory information system integration to support digital pathology sign-out |
title_sort | digital pathology and anatomic pathology laboratory information system integration to support digital pathology sign-out |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4872480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217973 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2153-3539.181767 |
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