A Growing Digital Pathology Curriculum

At the 2023 and 24 Executive War Colleges, we stayed on the leading edge, and by popular demand brought you information, case studies and data from first adopter organizations in digital pathology.

Over the past decade, there has been continuous improvement in the digital technologies used in digital scanning and digital image analysis. Yet despite these improvements, many pathology group practices have been slow to make the commitment to acquire and deploy a full digital pathology system in their labs.

However, with early adopter pathology laboratories reporting favorable results from both the use of digital pathology workflow and the use of the specific Artificial Intelligence image analysis algorithms, we at EWC continue to up our game when it comes to helping you take digital pathology from evaluation and implementation to actual full-blown practice.

With a wait and watch approach beginning to end for most of the nation’s pathology groups, the 30^th anniversary Executive War College, April 29-30 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, will feature several sessions that go well beyond evaluation and implementation while offering practical, actionable advice on integrating digital pathology into actual practice.

The list of digital path-centric sessions continues to grow, and we will be announcing more soon, but for now the following is a sample of what you can expect:

Digital Pathology Sessions at EWC 2025

From Surgery to Slide: Implementing a Lean-Based Histology System to Track, Automate, and Produce High Quality Slides In Support of Fully-Digital Pathology Labs

Speakers: Michelle Bell, Service and Applications Manager, Milestone Medical Technologies, Austin, TX; Elia Rosetta CEO, Milestone Medical Technologies, Kalamazoo, MI; and Vanessa Visioni, VP, Milestone Medical Technologies, Sorisole, Italy.

State of Market Adoption for Digital Pathology By Largest Lab Organizations in the United States

Speaker: Lisa-Jean Clifford, COO & Chief Strategy Officer, Gestalt Diagnostics, Spokane, WA.

Combining Lean & 100% Digital Pathology to Produce Faster, More Accurate Diagnoses with Increased Productivity of Staff & Pathologists: Transforming anatomic pathology delivery in the UK

Speakers: David Clark MD, Consultant Haematopathologist, Clinical Lead for Digital Pathology, Nottingham University Hospitals, NHS Trust, Nottingham, England, UK; and Paul Chenery, Head of Quality, Training & Strategic Improvement, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust

Then, back by popular demand for the third straight year, we will run our usually sold out Day 3 workshop on May 1: Breaking Pathology’s Glass Slide Updated! Ways to Build Revenue with Digital Pathology, Whole Slide Images, AI Diagnostic Tools, and More

Check out our agenda in progress as we add more digital path sessions.

That’s it for this week, more dispatches to come. Hope to see you and your “krewe” in New Orleans. 

(Bob Croce is Executive Publisher/General Manager of The Dark Intelligence Group, the company that brings you the Executive War College. Have a question or comment for Bob, you can reach him at bcroce@darkreport.com)

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Don’t miss our Day 3 workshops below on May 1

Workshop 1
Whole Genome Sequencing and Genetic Testing for Community Hospitals – Companion Diagnostics in Lab–Pharma Relationships

Workshop 2
Breaking Pathology’s Glass Slide Updated! Ways to Build Revenue with Digital Pathology, Whole Slide Images, AI Diagnostic Tools, and More

Workshop 3
Lean for Lab Leaders: Proven Ways to Swiftly Slash Costs While Boosting Productivity and Improving Staff Retention

Workshop 4
What’s Changing in CLIA Compliance and Inspections: Essentials for Lab Quality Officers and CLIA Lab Directors

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