IT challenges don’t drown the drum of digital

November 2007 by Anne Paxton

CAP Today continues its recent tradition to keep its pulse, CAP members and other readers of the publication abreast of what is going on in digital pathology. 

IT challenges don’t drown the drum of digital

Virtual versus hands-on. Algorithm versus diagnosis. Computer systems versus anatomy. Software versus wetware. It would seem that the worlds of information technology and pathology could hardly be more different. But pathology’s embrace of digital technology is moving the profession solidly into digital image capture for archiving, trading, and training—with some institutions already on the leading edge of more complex uses.