Digital Pathology: Historical Perspectives, Current Concepts & Future Applications

120 Pages·2016·2.72 MB·English

by  Keith J. Kaplan, Luigi K.F. Rao (eds.)

Keith J. Kaplan
Luigi K.F. Rao
Editors
Digital Pathology
Historical Perspectives,
Current Concepts &
Future Applications
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Digital Pathology

Keith J. Kaplan (cid:129) Luigi K.F. Rao
Editors
Digital Pathology
Historical Perspectives,
Current Concepts & Future Applications
Editors
Keith J. Kaplan Luigi K.F. Rao
Carolinas Pathology Group Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlotte , NC , USA Boston , MA , USA
ISBN 978-3-319-20378-2 ISBN 978-3-319-20379-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20379-9
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Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 1
Keith J. Kaplan
2 Use Cases for Digital Pathology ............................................................ 5
Wenyi Luo and Lewis A. Hassell
3 Role in Medicine for Digital Pathology ................................................ 17
Bernard Têtu and Lewis A. Hassell
4 Business Models in Digital Pathology .................................................. 33
Lewis A. Hassell
5 Telepathology and Digital Pathology Research ................................... 41
Elizabeth A. Krupinski , Achyut K. Bhattacharyya
and Ronald S. Weinstein
6 Teleconsultation ...................................................................................... 55
Bernard Têtu , David C. Wilbur , Liron Pantanowitz ,
and Anil V. Parwani
7 Education ................................................................................................ 71
Liron Pantanowitz and Anil V. Parwani
8 Legal/Regulatory .................................................................................... 79
Stanley Leung and Timothy C. Allen
9 Standards for Digital Pathology and Whole Slide Imaging ............... 87
Bruce A. Beck
10 In Vivo Microscopy ................................................................................ 99
Anne Marie Amacher , Christopher A. Garcia , and Andrew Quinn
Index ................................................................................................................ 113
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Contributors
Timothy C. Allen Department of Pathology , University of Texas Medical Branch ,
Galveston , TX , USA
Anne Marie Amacher Department of Pathology and Immunology , Barnes Jewish
Hospital, Washington University , Saint Louis , MO , USA
Bruce A. Beckwith Department of Pathology , North Shore Medical Center , Salem ,
MA , USA
Achyut K. Bhattacharyya Department of Pathology , University of Arizona
College of Medicine , Tucson , AZ , USA
Christopher A. Garcia Department of Pathology , Massachusetts General Hospital ,
Boston , MA , USA
Lewis A. Hassell Department of Pathology , University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center , Oklahoma City , OK , USA
Keith J. Kaplan Carolinas Pathology Group , Charlotte , NC , USA
Elizabeth A. Krupinski Department of Medical Imaging , University of Arizona
College of Medicine , Tucson , AZ , USA
Arizona Telemedicine Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine,
Tucson, AZ, USA
Stanley Leung Department of Pathology , UW Medicine—Valley Medical Center ,
R enton, W A, U SA
W enyi L uo Department of Pathology , University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center , Oklahoma City , OK , USA
Liron Pantanowitz Department of Pathology , UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Cancer
Pavilion , University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh , PA , USA
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Anil V. Parwani Department of Pathology , UPMC Shadyside Hospital, University
of Pittsburgh , University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh , PA , USA
Andrew Quinn Department of Pathology , Brigham and Women’s Hospital ,
Boston , MA , USA
Luigi K. F. Rao Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston , MA , USA
Bernard Têtu D epartment of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [CHU]
de Québec, Hôpital du St-Sacrement , Quebec , Canada
Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Ronald S. Weinstein D epartment of Pathology, University of Arizona College of
Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
Arizona Telemedicine Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine ,
Tucson , AZ , USA
David C. Wilbur D epartment of Pathology, Clinical Imaging in Pathology,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , USA
Chapter 1
Introduction
Keith J. Kaplan
Healthcare, an information-based industry, is in a state of transition. The current
focus of attention on health information is taking place in an environment in which
better access to effective healthcare has been identifi ed by governmental leaders as
a societal goal. In several countries, including the U.S., governments are funding
programs to develop comprehensive patient electronic health records.
This refl ects recognition of the critical importance of information management
in almost every aspect of the healthcare enterprise, ranging from individual patient
care to disease prevention and public health. The ultimate goal of creating large
i nformation systems to permanently archive cradle-to-grave electronic patient
health records is regarded as technically feasible as well as achievable in the fore-
seeable future. Such patient electronic health records would contain plenary data
sets, including the digital images of all imaging studies ever performed on the
patient, securely archived but readily accessible, on-line, to patients and their desig-
nated service providers.
The electronic patient health record concept can be taken even further by expand-
ing its scope to include patient healthcare-related education information. This might
be accomplished by appending a personal electronic health education portfolio to
each electronic health record.
Tools would be developed to assist patients in navigating between the informa-
tion in their linked electronic health records and their personal health education
portfolios. Using mass customization techniques, patient information could be con-
tinuously updated on an individualized basis. Another futuristic concept is the
development of on-line patient self-evaluations.
K. J. Kaplan , M.D. (*)
Carolinas Pathology Group , Charlotte , NC 28247 , USA
e-mail: [email protected]
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