Diagnostic and clinical informatics
Digital pathology
Enter a new era of efficiency and patient care with the transformation to digital pathology
Pressure is rising on pathologists to meet growing caseloads and to address the ever-present need for timely, precise diagnosis. Digital workflows allow for new levels of collaboration among pathology, oncology and radiology. With one of the largest digital pathology installed base in the world, the Philips proven and scalable solution combines hardware, software and storage. This digital pathology solution can be used alongside with enterprise-wide IT infrastructure and AI capabilities*, allowing for cost-effective productivity and efficiency gains**.
Healthcare IT: the nuances of integration & interoperability
Pathology is just embarking on its digitization journey, and there are multiple ways that departments can promote interoperability in partnership with industry. Standardizing whole slide image formats and promoting tight integration between different software systems will benefit not just individual users but also healthcare systems.
In this white paper is shown how interoperability is closely related to investment in the future and will be integral to improving both pathologist workflow and the standard of care available for patients today. Check out how!
If you leave the microscope behind, would you ever go back?
Not many would. In a survey of 52 pathologists, 100% of them said that going digital helps reach diagnostic consensus and that they would never go back to non-digital.1 With our pathology slide scanners, the Image Management System (IMS) and a comprehensive set of software tools and capabilities, you can easily connect with supporting sub-specialists around the world on the quest for quick and confident diagnostic decisions that enhance patient care.
What can Philips digital pathology do for you?
The Philips digital pathology solution facilitates more efficient, remote and collaborative ways of working. Pathologists have seen efficiency gains of up to 15-25% per case from making the digital transition.2 Going digital helps reach diagnostic consensus.3 Working digitally can also help address the world’s acute shortage of trained pathologists.
An open platform for secure digital pathology image sharing
Interoperability with third-party AI applications aids AI-enabled digital pathology workflows, increasing efficiency for your organization. For example, 35 pathology labs are already using the Philips pathology solution and Ibex AI. This has been shown to result in productivity gains of up to 37%.4
Footnotes
- Survey of 52 pathologists, lab managers and lab technicians in Europe, 2018.
- KLAS Research ‘US Digital Pathology 2023’ Performance Insights.
- Sarfati D, Gurney J. Preventing cancer: the only way forward. The Lancet, August 2022, 400(10352):540-541. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01430-1.
- Information provided by Ibex AI Raoux, et al. Modern Pathology (2021) 34 (suppl 2): 598-599.
Disclaimer
PIPS can be used for in vitro diagnostic purposes. The system can aid pathologists to review and interpret digital images of surgical pathology slides prepared from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue. PIPS is not available for sale in all countries.
*PIPS enables iSyntax files and with the Software Development Kit (SDK) third-party companies can use this for AI capabilities.
**Information provided by Ibex AI. Reproducible results, increases diagnostic confidence, and enables productivity and efficiency improvements.
***Results are specific to the institution where they were obtained and may not reflect the results achievable at other institutions.