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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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Autores principales: 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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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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/).
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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
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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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