RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Future-proofing pathology: the case for clinical adoption of digital pathology
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1010
OP 1018
DO 10.1136/jclinpath-2017-204644
VO 70
IS 12
A1 Bethany Jill Williams
A1 David Bottoms
A1 Darren Treanor
YR 2017
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/70/12/1010.abstract
AB This document clarifies the strategic context of digital pathology adoption, defines the different use cases a healthcare provider may wish to consider as part of a digital adoption and summarises existing reasons for digital adoption and its potential benefits. The reader is provided with references to the relevant literature, and illustrative case studies. The authors hope this report will be of interest to healthcare providers, pathology managers, departmental heads, pathologists and biomedical scientists that are considering digital pathology, deployments or preparing business cases for digital pathology adoption in clinical settings. The information contained in this document can be shared and used in any documentation the reader wishes to present for their own institutional case for adoption report or business case.