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14 February 2023

Collaborating across borders: How Digital Pathology is improving patient care

Clinisys

Sectra’s digital pathology solution is helping public hospitals in Roubaix and Mouscron bridge the gap between countries and hospitals to provide better care for patients. The digital workflow provides instant access to digital images of tissue samples, reducing variation between pathology reviews and increasing efficiency in diagnostics. Clinisys DaVinci is also playing a role in this integration project, breaking down barriers and providing better care for patients.

In today’s fast-paced healthcare landscape, access to resources and expertise is more important than ever. With an increasing workload and lack of resources, healthcare providers are facing challenges on a daily basis. This is especially true for complex diseases such as cancer, where time to treatment and follow-up is of the utmost importance. But what if we could bridge the gap between countries and hospitals to provide better care for our patients? This is exactly what the public hospitals in Roubaix and Mouscron, located on either side of the French/Belgian border, are doing with the help of Sectra’s digital pathology solution.

This solution will allow the two hospitals to collaborate in a way that was not previously possible. The digital workflow provides instant and, if needed, remote access to digital images of tissue samples, rather than relying on physical glass slides reviewed in microscopes. This not only reduces variation between pathology reviews, but also increases efficiency in diagnostics for the benefit of the patients in this region. Together, the hospitals perform approximately 25,000 pathology examinations per year, making this collaboration even more vital.

Clinisys DaVinci is also playing a role in this integration project, with an aim to set up an order link between Diamic (LIS Roubaix) and DaVinci (LIS Mouscron). This allows for the registration of requests in DaVinci and macroscopy using LWM in Roubaix, with further processing (microtomy, staining) done in Mouscron. A pathologist from Roubaix is present in Mouscron every day to assess sections, and based on order type, a distinction is made between slides from Mouscron and Roubaix. Eventually, the slides are sent back to Roubaix for archiving and a report is sent back to Diamic. We are excited to be a part of this innovative project that is breaking down barriers and providing better care for our patients. By utilizing imaging IT across hospitals and diagnostic specialties, we are one step closer to overcoming the challenges of increased workloads and lack of resources.

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