Digital pathology in the time of corona
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2020-11-01
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Stathonikos, Nikolas
van Varsseveld, Nadege C
Vink, A.
van Dijk, M.R.
Nguyen, Tri Q
de Leng, Wendy W J
Laclé, Miangela Marie
Goldschmeding, Roel
Vreuls, Celien Philomena Henrieke
van Diest, Paul J
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Abstract
The 2020 COVID-19 crisis has had and will have many implications for healthcare, including pathology. Rising number of infections create staffing shortages and other hospital departments might require pathology employees to fill more urgent positions. Furthermore, lockdown measures and social distancing cause many people to work from home. During this crisis, it became clearer than ever what an asset digital diagnostics is to keep pathologists, residents, molecular biologists and pathology assistants engaged in the diagnostic process, allowing social distancing and a 'need to be there' on-the-premises policy, while working effectively from home. This paper provides an overview of our way of working during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis with emphasis on the virtues of digital pathology.
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Computer-assisted, image processing, information technology, medical informatics computing, telepathology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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Stathonikos, N, van Varsseveld, N C, Vink, A, van Dijk, M R, Nguyen, T Q, Leng, W W J D, Lacle, M M, Goldschmeding, R, Vreuls, C P H & van Diest, P J 2020, 'Digital pathology in the time of corona', Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 73, no. 11, pp. 706-712. https://doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206845