“Toronto’s Michener Institute, an educational centre for applied health sciences, has started integrating digitized microscopy images into an Electronic Health Record system. It’s one of the first sites in the country to do this. “Typically, you do not see digital microscopy in the health record,” commented Dr. Karim Bandali, vice provost of the Michener. Digital slide technology has the potential of becoming a very important tool for pathologists who analyze patient samples for the presence – or absence – of serious diseases, including cancer and blood disorders. “Digital microscopy is a major piece, and integrating it into the electronic record is a major development,” said Dr. Bandali.”
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Jerry Zeidenberg, Technology for Doctors, January 2008
