From the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Dr Nahal and Ms Batac); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (Ms Slaw and Dr Bauer); and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York (Dr Bauer).
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2018 Oct;142(10):1216-1222. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2017-0216-RA. Epub 2018 Apr 24.
CONTEXT.—: The production of whole slide images is the most advanced form of digital pathology, in which a high-resolution digital scanner is used to rapidly scan glass microscope slides and produce a computer-generated whole slide image that can be saved, stored in a network-attached storage device, and accessed through slide management software within the hospital domain and remotely by authorized users. Digital transformation of glass slides has revolutionized the practice of anatomic pathology by facilitating and expediting consultative services, improving clinical workflow, and becoming an indispensable tool in education and research.
OBJECTIVE.—: To highlight the institutional need of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and the cultural background for obtaining the United Arab Emirates' first comprehensive digital pathology program; to describe a multiphase road map for achieving full implementation of this platform; and to describe the system's clinical applications and its future potential growth.
DATA SOURCES.—: At Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, we prioritized our efforts to initiate digital consultations (eConsultations) and digital immunohistochemistry services (eIHC) with Cleveland Clinic Laboratories (Cleveland, Ohio). After this, we established an internal archiving system together with a subspecialty-based, organ-specific digital library of pathologic diseases.
CONCLUSIONS.—: We describe the strategic adoption and implementation of digital pathology into the clinical workflow of the pathology and laboratory medicine institute of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and we highlight its impact on clinical operations, educational activities, and patient care.
全切片成像技术是数字病理学的最先进形式，它使用高分辨率数字扫描仪快速扫描玻璃显微镜载玻片，并生成可保存、存储在网络附加存储设备中、并可通过医院域内的幻灯片管理软件以及经过授权的用户远程访问的计算机生成的全切片图像。玻璃幻灯片的数字化转变通过促进和加快咨询服务、改善临床工作流程，以及成为教育和研究中不可或缺的工具，彻底改变了解剖病理学的实践。
强调阿布扎比克利夫兰诊所（阿拉伯联合酋长国阿布扎比）的机构需求和获得阿联酋首个综合数字病理学计划的文化背景；描述实现该平台全面实施的多阶段路线图；并描述该系统的临床应用及其未来的潜在增长。
在阿布扎比克利夫兰诊所，我们优先努力与克利夫兰诊所实验室（俄亥俄州克利夫兰）启动数字咨询（eConsultations）和数字免疫组织化学服务（eIHC）。在此之后，我们建立了一个内部归档系统，并建立了一个基于专科、器官特异性的病理学疾病数字图书馆。
我们描述了数字病理学在阿布扎比克利夫兰诊所病理学和实验室医学研究所的临床工作流程中的战略采用和实施，并强调了它对临床操作、教育活动和患者护理的影响。
