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Digital Pathology Transformation in a Supraregional Germ Cell Tumour Network
Background: In this article we share our experience of creating a digital pathology (DP) supraregional germ cell tumour service, including full digitisation of the central laboratory. Methods: DP infrastructure (Philips) was deployed across our hospital network to allow full central digitisation wit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8700654/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34943429 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122191 |
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author | Colling, Richard Protheroe, Andrew Sullivan, Mark Macpherson, Ruth Tuthill, Mark Redgwell, Jacqueline Traill, Zoe Molyneux, Angus Johnson, Elizabeth Abdullah, Niveen Taibi, Andrea Mercer, Nikki Haynes, Harry R. Sackville, Anthony Craft, Judith Reis, Joao Rees, Gabrielle Soares, Maria Roberts, Ian S. D. Siiankoski, Darrin Hemsworth, Helen Roskell, Derek Roberts-Gant, Sharon White, Kieron Rittscher, Jens Davies, Jim Browning, Lisa Verrill, Clare |
author_facet | Colling, Richard Protheroe, Andrew Sullivan, Mark Macpherson, Ruth Tuthill, Mark Redgwell, Jacqueline Traill, Zoe Molyneux, Angus Johnson, Elizabeth Abdullah, Niveen Taibi, Andrea Mercer, Nikki Haynes, Harry R. Sackville, Anthony Craft, Judith Reis, Joao Rees, Gabrielle Soares, Maria Roberts, Ian S. D. Siiankoski, Darrin Hemsworth, Helen Roskell, Derek Roberts-Gant, Sharon White, Kieron Rittscher, Jens Davies, Jim Browning, Lisa Verrill, Clare |
author_sort | Colling, Richard |
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description | Background: In this article we share our experience of creating a digital pathology (DP) supraregional germ cell tumour service, including full digitisation of the central laboratory. Methods: DP infrastructure (Philips) was deployed across our hospital network to allow full central digitisation with partial digitisation of two peripheral sites in the supraregional testis germ cell tumour network. We used a survey-based approach to capture the quantitative and qualitative experiences of the multidisciplinary teams involved. Results: The deployment enabled case sharing for the purposes of diagnostic reporting, second opinion, and supraregional review. DP was seen as a positive step forward for the departments involved, and for the wider germ cell tumour network, and was completed without significant issues. Whilst there were challenges, the transition to DP was regarded as worthwhile, and examples of benefits to patients are already recognised. Conclusion: Pathology networks, including highly specialised services, such as in this study, are ideally suited to be digitised. We highlight many of the benefits but also the challenges that must be overcome for such clinical transformation. Overall, from the survey, the change was seen as universally positive for our service and highlights the importance of engagement of the whole team to achieve success. |
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spelling | pubmed-87006542021-12-24 Digital Pathology Transformation in a Supraregional Germ Cell Tumour Network Colling, Richard Protheroe, Andrew Sullivan, Mark Macpherson, Ruth Tuthill, Mark Redgwell, Jacqueline Traill, Zoe Molyneux, Angus Johnson, Elizabeth Abdullah, Niveen Taibi, Andrea Mercer, Nikki Haynes, Harry R. Sackville, Anthony Craft, Judith Reis, Joao Rees, Gabrielle Soares, Maria Roberts, Ian S. D. Siiankoski, Darrin Hemsworth, Helen Roskell, Derek Roberts-Gant, Sharon White, Kieron Rittscher, Jens Davies, Jim Browning, Lisa Verrill, Clare Diagnostics (Basel) Article Background: In this article we share our experience of creating a digital pathology (DP) supraregional germ cell tumour service, including full digitisation of the central laboratory. Methods: DP infrastructure (Philips) was deployed across our hospital network to allow full central digitisation with partial digitisation of two peripheral sites in the supraregional testis germ cell tumour network. We used a survey-based approach to capture the quantitative and qualitative experiences of the multidisciplinary teams involved. Results: The deployment enabled case sharing for the purposes of diagnostic reporting, second opinion, and supraregional review. DP was seen as a positive step forward for the departments involved, and for the wider germ cell tumour network, and was completed without significant issues. Whilst there were challenges, the transition to DP was regarded as worthwhile, and examples of benefits to patients are already recognised. Conclusion: Pathology networks, including highly specialised services, such as in this study, are ideally suited to be digitised. We highlight many of the benefits but also the challenges that must be overcome for such clinical transformation. Overall, from the survey, the change was seen as universally positive for our service and highlights the importance of engagement of the whole team to achieve success. MDPI 2021-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8700654/ /pubmed/34943429 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122191 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Colling, Richard Protheroe, Andrew Sullivan, Mark Macpherson, Ruth Tuthill, Mark Redgwell, Jacqueline Traill, Zoe Molyneux, Angus Johnson, Elizabeth Abdullah, Niveen Taibi, Andrea Mercer, Nikki Haynes, Harry R. Sackville, Anthony Craft, Judith Reis, Joao Rees, Gabrielle Soares, Maria Roberts, Ian S. D. Siiankoski, Darrin Hemsworth, Helen Roskell, Derek Roberts-Gant, Sharon White, Kieron Rittscher, Jens Davies, Jim Browning, Lisa Verrill, Clare Digital Pathology Transformation in a Supraregional Germ Cell Tumour Network |
title | Digital Pathology Transformation in a Supraregional Germ Cell Tumour Network |
title_full | Digital Pathology Transformation in a Supraregional Germ Cell Tumour Network |
title_fullStr | Digital Pathology Transformation in a Supraregional Germ Cell Tumour Network |
title_full_unstemmed | Digital Pathology Transformation in a Supraregional Germ Cell Tumour Network |
title_short | Digital Pathology Transformation in a Supraregional Germ Cell Tumour Network |
title_sort | digital pathology transformation in a supraregional germ cell tumour network |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8700654/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34943429 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122191 |
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