Prospective and Retrospective Clinical Uses Provide the Most Near-Term Value to Hospitals Vista, CA – September 27, 2010 - Aperio, a global leader in digital pathology for the healthcare and life sciences industries, has launched an innovative initiative designed to help hospitals improve patient care by discovering their paths to the adoption of digital pathology. The unveiling of “Discover Your Path,” is taking place at CAP ’10—The Pathologists’ Meeting—in Chicago, September 26 – 29, 2010. Aperio is focused on helping hospitals and healthcare organizations improve patient care by providing comprehensive solutions for digital pathology, including whole slide scanning, image viewing, management and analysis. “Discover Your Path” is integral to realizing this goal by generating a customer-specific staged adoption roadmap. “Healthcare organizations are adopting digital pathology with an eye toward improving patient care,” said Jared N. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.A.P., Aperio’s chief medical officer. “Hospitals see opportunities for impacting patient care through the implementation of electronic patient records that leverage digital pathology. By understanding the unique characteristics of each institution, Aperio helps healthcare organizations discover their paths by identifying the uses in which digital pathology provides the most value.” “Discover Your Path” is the industry’s first quantitative assessment methodology to provide each hospital with a specific path toward full adoption of digital pathology in its workflow. Using a guided, personalized assessment, each healthcare organization is able to objectively rank applications by immediate value. This yields a customized implementation profile that identifies one or more uses today, and a path to full adoption in the future. “Aperio worked with the University of Maryland to identify the best way for us to expand our use of digital pathology," said Dr. Olga Ioffe, Director of Anatomic Pathology. "They took time to understand our business, and then helped us discover our path via those applications which provide the most near-term value." Digital pathology can best be leveraged today through select patient care activities, which vary by institution. For many hospitals, prospective and retrospective clinical uses such as intra-operative consultation, archival, external consultation and quality assurance provide the most immediate value in improving patient care. Aperio’s multi-faceted team has managed the implementation of more than 400 digital pathology systems in hospitals worldwide, and is well positioned to work with customers in a consultative way using the new “Discover Your Path” assessment methodology. Hospitals are already achieving enhanced patient care by leveraging digital pathology. Benefits of the “Discover Your Path” program include:
- Improved turnaround time and accuracy in patient care
- More rigorous risk management procedures
- More efficient quality assurance programs
- Increased laboratory and pathologist workflow efficiency
- Enhanced educational programs and resources “Discover Your Path” is available at CAP ‘10 in Aperio booth #211, where company representatives are offering complimentary individual consultations. About Aperio Aperio is the leading provider of digital pathology solutions in hospitals, reference labs, and biopharma/research institutions across the world. Today, our affordable and complete product portfolio is proven to lower costs, increase efficiencies, and enhance workflow in labs everywhere. Our comprehensive product line features our ScanScope® scanners, Spectrum™ image management (PACS) software, SecondSlide® slide sharing service for pathology, and image analysis tools and services. Aperio’s products are FDA cleared for specific clinical applications, and are intended for research and education use for other applications. For clearance updates and more information please visit www.aperio.com. Contacts:
Jessica Witkowski
Director, Marketing Communications
Aperio
760.539.1162
jessica@aperio.com Myla Wagner
Myla Wagner Public Relations
925.736.7515
myla@mylawagnerpr.com
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