Linköping, Sweden – February 22, 2022 – Northern Ireland becomes the first UK region to combine pathology and radiology images and reports in the same medical imaging system. This follows pathology tech go-lives with international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B). The solution will modernize diagnostics for healthcare professionals and patients.
Health and Social Care Service in Northern Ireland has successfully digitized pathology diagnostic images and reports into an innovative medical imaging system that will help to futureproof diagnostics for healthcare professionals and benefit patients across the region. The digital pathology project, which has been implemented by Business Services Organisation (BSO ITS), is part of Northern Ireland’s Picture Archiving and Communication System (NIPACS), which already helps busy radiologists make important decisions, and will now also help pathologists respond to the increasing demands being placed on services.
Karen Bailey, Interim Chief Executive of Business Services Organisation said: “Despite the challenges COVID has presented to the health service here, I am proud that our digital pathology project team and stakeholders have delivered the digital pathology project which will provide significant benefits to HSC staff, service delivery and most importantly our patients”.
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Pathologists across the region, perform around 40 million diagnostic tests each year. Due to the implementation of digital pathology, microscopes and glass slides are being replaced for high quality digital images that pathologists can instantly access from almost anywhere. This is enabled through the digital solution which has now been implemented region-wide across four HSC Trusts, following several go-lives since an addendum contract signing in 2019.
Dr Clare McGalie, responsible for the digital pathology project said: “I am very impressed with the system which is helping us to come together as a region. We now have the potential for our four laboratories to act as one virtual laboratory. Annotation and measurement tools are particularly useful for skin and breast reporting. Remote working and home working is important in making our workforce more mobile and flexible. There is a lot of work underway worldwide to bring forward AI in pathology. With our digital pathology system we will be ready to embrace that in Northern Ireland.”
Nicky Harvey, NIPACS programme manager for Business Services Organisation said: “Digital pathology is a huge transformation for Northern Ireland. Healthcare professionals work as part of multi-disciplinary teams, so having a range of imaging and information in one system is extremely valuable when it comes to collaboration and enabling more complete diagnostic reporting.”
