For instance, pathologists can easily have share reading rooms even with the use of glass slides. They would only need slightly more space than radiologists (ie a small shelf) to put cases they are currently working on and minimal desk space for their microscope which won’t be much different than needing 2 (or in some instances, 3) computer monitors on their desk rather than the 1 they currently need.

On the flipside, even with digital pathology, pathologists are not going to want to loose their personal offices, so there will be significant pushback on that front.

Also, you still need to store and keep the slides, but now you also need server space that will occupy its own room (ie you need the extra room). The only real storage space savings would only come when we decide that the physical slides can be thrown out, which will never happen with the increasing need for molecular testing that can potentially be done not only on tissue blocks, but slides as well.

The real benefits with digital is what most people already have thought of…less sorting of slides, and less shipping costs for consultations. Whether or not pathologists will be more efficient using the computer is debatable as many studies have shown that it take a bit longer per slide on the computer than on a real glass slide. Perhaps that is just a matter of training (or slow computers/poor quality monitors being used in the studies)