Netherlands Leading Pathology Tender

Royal Philips a global leader in health technology announced leading pathology laboratories across North America Europe and Asia have implemented full digitization for their histology samples based on the Philips Digital Pathology scanner and imaging-informatics solutions. Digital images are required to unlock the potential of digital pathology. Remote reviewing of pathological cases is essential to prevent delay in critical patient diagnosis and care particularly during COVID-19.During the pandemic many pathologists oncologists and radiologists continued their work from home. This created an unprecedented need for home workstations and secure clinical informatics solutions allowing clinicians to read images remotely and enabling real-time virtual collaboration between their multi-disciplinary care teams. Pre-COVID-19 pathology labs that digitized their workflows across different sites reported improved collaboration and an average productivity gain of 21.Examples of leading pathology laboratories that recently transformed towards a digital workflow with Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution are Mackenzie Health Canada Pathology Institute Tel Aviv Sourasky MC Israel University Medical Center Groningen Netherlands St. Olavs Hospital Norway Singapore General Hospital SGH Singapore Oxford University Hospitals NHS UK and NHS Ayrshire Arran UK.As healthcare becomes more complex and demanding digitization has become a key enabler for the hospital to provide better care for our patients and to be more efficient. Digital pathology is an example and our partnership with companies such as Philips with the clinical and technical know-how is important in helping us achieve our goal said Prof. Kenneth Kwek Chief Executive Officer at Singapore General Hospital SGH.With a focus on the people at the center of cancer care we work to innovate workflows remove barriers of fragmented systems and bring insights directly to care providers to support excellent cancer care.Kees WesdorpChief Business Leader Precision Diagnosis at PhilipsCOVID-19 has become a catalyst for change a defining moment for all of us to reimagine healthcare the way it should be said Kees Wesdorp Chief Business Leader Precision Diagnosis at Philips. With a focus on the people at the center of cancer care we work to innovate workflows remove barriers of fragmented systems and bring insights directly to care providers to support excellent cancer care. Shared decision-making pathway selection and treatmentPhilips solutions for oncology and digital pathology can help transform and enhance the multi-disciplinary workflows including the oncology tumor board and care pathways process. Critical patient data is integrated for both oncologists radiologists and pathologists allowing them to collaborate efficiently even when working remotely. The Philips platform supports streamlined preparation enhances review and analysis and empowers the cancer care team to reach clinical treatment decisions based on disease-specific dashboards diagnostic images reports and structured patient data. Visit Philips Digital Pathology for more information on how Philips is enhancing digital pathology workflows. Visit Philips Live at RSNA 2020 to learn how Philips integrated workflow solutions connect data technology and people across the diagnostic enterprise helping to redefine radiology workflow efficiencies.