Journal:DigiPatICS: Digital pathology transformation of the Catalan Health Institute network of eight hospitals - Planning, implementation, and preliminary results
| Full article title | DigiPatICS: Digital pathology transformation of the Catalan Health Institute network of eight hospitals - Planning, implementation, and preliminary results |
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| Journal | Diagnostics |
| Author(s) | Temprana-Salvado, Jordi; López-García, Pablo; Vives, Josep C.; de Haro, Lluís; Ballesta, Eudald; Abusleme, Matias R.; Arrufat, Miquel; Marques, Ferran; Casas, Josep R.; Gallego, Carlos; Pons, Laura; Mate, José L.; Fernández, Pedro L.; López-Bonet, Eugeni; Bosch, Ramon; Martínez, Salomé; Ramón y Cajal, Santiago; Matias-Guiu, Xavier |
| Author affiliation(s) | Institut Català de la Salut, Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informació, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, TIC Salut Social, Technical University of Catalonia, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Doctor Josep Trueta Hospital of Girona, Verge de la Cinta Hospital of Tortosa, Joan XXIII University Hospital of Tarragona, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Bellvitge University Hospital |
| Primary contact | Email: jtemprana at vhebron dot net |
| Editors | Eloy, Catarina |
| Year published | 2022 |
| Volume and issue | 12(4) |
| Article # | 852 |
| DOI | 10.3390/diagnostics12040852 |
| ISSN | 2075-4418 |
| Distribution license | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| Website | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/4/852/html |
| Download | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/4/852/pdf (PDF) |
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Abstract
Complete digital pathology transformation for primary histopathological diagnosis is a challenging yet rewarding endeavor. Its advantages are clear with more efficient workflows, but there are many technical and functional difficulties to be faced. The Catalan Health Institute (Institut Català de la Salut or ICS) has started its DigiPatICS project, aiming to deploy digital pathology in an integrative, holistic, and comprehensive way within a network of eight hospitals, over 168 pathologists, and over one million slides each year. We describe the bidding process and the careful planning that was required, followed by swift implementation in stages. The purpose of the DigiPatICS project is to increase patient safety and quality of care, improving diagnosis and the efficiency of processes in the pathological anatomy departments of the ICS through process improvement, digital pathology, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
Keywords: digital pathology, computational pathology, artificial intelligence, deep learning, implementation, workflow, primary diagnosis, LIS, telepathology, network
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