Integrated diagnostic capabilities are a cornerstone to a precise diagnosis and personalized care pathway selection for oncology patients – and only when data and specialties work together in perfect harmony can the ultimate promise of care be realized. That’s why bringing together multiple pieces of the healthcare continuum – like radiology, pathology, and genomics – is the key to a new paradigm of diagnostic precision.
The diligent work that pathologists do in labs every day has a significant impact on patient treatment and care – particularly in the world of oncology, where pathology plays a crucial role in diagnostics and cancer staging. In fact, it’s estimated that 70% of important medical decisions affecting patients’ lives involve laboratory or pathology tests.*
But pathology is rapidly changing – and becoming considerably more demanding. Pathology labs face pressure on multiple fronts: from resource shortages, to workflow inefficiencies, to a growing complexity of requests.
Limited in time and resources and expected to accomplish more at lower costs, pathology departments need to find new ways to adapt. As a result, pathology is beginning to transform to a digital discipline, bringing exciting new possibilities that can aid, streamline, and enhance diagnostic and clinical decision making – so labs can continue to meet the highest standards, and help drive healthcare transformation forward.
*Report of the Second Phase of the Review of NHS Pathology Services in England, Lord Carter of Coles (2008).
Integrated diagnostic capabilities are a cornerstone to a precise diagnosis and personalized care pathway selection for oncology patients – and only when data and specialties work together in perfect harmony can the ultimate promise of care be realized. That’s why bringing together multiple pieces of the healthcare continuum – like radiology, pathology, and genomics – is the key to a new paradigm of diagnostic precision.
The diligent work that pathologists do in labs every day has a significant impact on patient treatment and care – particularly in the world of oncology, where pathology plays a crucial role in diagnostics and cancer staging. In fact, it’s estimated that 70% of important medical decisions affecting patients’ lives involve laboratory or pathology tests.*
But pathology is rapidly changing – and becoming considerably more demanding. Pathology labs face pressure on multiple fronts: from resource shortages, to workflow inefficiencies, to a growing complexity of requests.
Limited in time and resources and expected to accomplish more at lower costs, pathology departments need to find new ways to adapt. As a result, pathology is beginning to transform to a digital discipline, bringing exciting new possibilities that can aid, streamline, and enhance diagnostic and clinical decision making – so labs can continue to meet the highest standards, and help drive healthcare transformation forward.
*Report of the Second Phase of the Review of NHS Pathology Services in England, Lord Carter of Coles (2008).
Introducing Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution: the next generation of digital pathology products, designed to let you review and collaborate anytime possible. Philips offers tools and resources for every stage of the pathology process, for a comprehensive, end-to-end experience that allows you to:
Gone are the days of tedious microscope viewing, inefficient slide storage, and crucial clinical decisions made in silos. Instead, experience a digital workflow that empowers your diagnosticians by eliminating inefficiencies and enabling collaboration like never before – to unlock the full possibilities of precision medicine.
Pathology Scanner Second Generation (SG20/ SG60/ SG300)
• High image quality, maximizing diagnostic confidence
• High throughput & first time right rate of 99.5%*, enabling laboratory efficiency and fast turnarounds
• Load and walk away scanning that minimizes operator interaction time
• Robustness & reliability, enabling high availability and up-time
• Efficient total cost of ownership per digitized slide, making digital pathology attractive for labs of all sizes
• 3D ready technology hardware that is prepared for future innovations as multi-layer scanning
Image Management System Viewer
• Enhanced user experience, streamlined digital workflow
• Smart case load management
• Real-time collaboration and case sharing*
Image Management System Application Server and Storage Software
• Cost efficient deployment, tailored scalability
• Versatile integration
• Virtual deployments for enhanced availability
Clinical Display (for US only)**
• High quality 27” monitor validated with the IVD solution
The Pathology Scanner Second Generation family will address current unmet market needs for networked pathology for primary diagnosis and is able to provide a fully dedicated solution for small, medium and large volume laboratories based on their workflow needs.
The Pathology Second Generation Scanner family consist of three high performing scanner models with different slide capacities using the same scan engine across the models delivering consistently high image quality and first-time right rates, resulting in a very low cost of operation and / or low total cost of ownership (TCO) per slide. Furthermore, the solution with new 3-D ready technologies incorporated, and hardware that is prepared for multi-layer scanning.
The new Pathology Scanner Second Generation family will address current unmet market needs for networked pathology for primary diagnosis and is able to provide a fully dedicated solution for small, medium and large volume laboratories based on their workflow needs.
The Second Generation Scanner family consist of three high performing scanner models with different slide capacities using the same scan engine across the models delivering consistently high image quality & first-time right rates, resulting in a very low cost of operation and / or low total cost of ownership (TCO) per slide. Furthermore, the solution with new 3D ready technologies incorporated, hardware that is prepared for multi-layer scanning.
Pathologists must seek more efficient means to support targeted, patient-specific therapy and accurate, first-time right decision-making. Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution ultimately helps your team improve patient care by enhancing knowledge-sharing and maximizing resources.
Sharing multi-disciplinary knowledge assists pathologists in making informed decisions and opening new insights into diseases. Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution unites demonstrated technologies to improve efficiency, stimulate collaboration and increase diagnostic confidence.
Reduced costs due
to efficiency and productivity gains
The Ultra Fast Scanner (UFS) runs fully automatically and does not require any user interaction for scanning. It includes automatic tissue detection and allows for continuous (un)loading without interrupting the scanning process. In addition to high volume scanning during the day, the UFS is able to scan large batches overnight without supervision.
The UFS has a storage capacity of 300 slides. Scanning and focusing are performed simultaneously, saving you significant time. Each slide is scanned at the equivalence of 40 times magnification for superb image resolution.
The high quality of images produced by the UFS enables them to be clinically relevant. Images generated from the UFS are also an important enabler for the performance of future image analysis algorithms.
Throughout its design, the Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution is easy to use and highly automated to meet the increasing demands of a high volume production environment with integrated laboratory networks.
The Image Management System viewer is designed to get you through cases as fast as possible and enables real-time collaboration, providing you easy access to colleagues to enable better-informed decisions. A case centric worklist and rich viewing experience help balance the workload.
Part of the IntelliSite Pathology Solution is its open and scalable design, offering exceptional bi-directional interoperability into your workflow and IT infrastructure. The system easily interfaces with multiple Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and a broad array of hardware, enabling efficiency gains in multisite operations.
The system also allows for flexible interoperability with selected 3rd party formats and data.
How to successfully leave the microscope behind, diagnostic workflows and the mindset of the pathologists
Dr. Charlotte Orndal, MD
Unilabs Pathology
Sweden
First large scale multicenter digital pathology implementation in Finland - project Fimlab
Dr. Teemu Tolonen, MD, PhD
Fimbab Laboratories
Finland
Dr. Raimundo
Granada University hospitals
Ivo Van Den Berghe
Head of Anatomical Pathology,
AZ-Sint-Jan, Bruges
*Survey of 52 pathologists, lab managers and lab technicians in Europe, 2018. Results are specific to the institution where they were obtained and may not reflect the results achievable at other institutions.
**The expansion of remote use of Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution in the USA are under specific conditions and device specifications.
The type of monitors is only allowed due to emergency situations. The limitations and warnings specified in device labeling are still applicable to this situation
