Integration with Epic Beaker is designed to give lab staff and clinicians faster access to slides and case data through a cloud-based platform, according to the company.
Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corp, a provider of diagnostic and enterprise imaging solutions, announced that a health system with hospital sites spanning five different geographic regions on the East Coast has selected Fujifilm’s Synapse Pathology solution and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to digitize pathology workflows and shorten diagnosis timelines.
The implementation of Synapse Pathology will take place across the health system’s five sites, supported by a fully cloud-based infrastructure using AWS.
“This deployment reflects a growing trend among top-tier health systems to adopt enterprise-wide, cloud-hosted digital pathology platforms across geographies that not only digitize slides but also revolutionize how care teams collaborate, diagnose, and treat disease,” says Mark Lloyd, vice president of digital pathology at Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corp, in a release.
Synapse Pathology, a pathology PACS solution that delivers digital images for diagnosis 1.99 hours faster than glass slides,1 will serve as the digital backbone of the health system’s anatomic pathology operations. Using a hybrid storage setup that combines on-premises infrastructure with AWS cloud services, the health system aims to maintain day-to-day performance while accommodating future expansion.
Another component of this deployment is the integration with Epic Beaker, the laboratory information system used across the health system. Synapse Digital Pathology offers a seamless interface with Epic Beaker, enabling automated case synchronization, real-time status updates, and efficient accessioning workflows. Pathologists, lab technologists, and clinicians can access digital pathology images and case data within their familiar Epic environment.
Dan Sheeran, AWS general manager for healthcare and life sciences, says this as an example of how cloud technology is improving digital pathology workflows, noting, “AWS is thrilled to partner with Fujifilm to host a fully cloud-based environment to support the diagnosis and care of over 1.3 million patients. These are exactly the kinds of innovations we need in healthcare as we continue to seek more rapid and accurate diagnoses.”
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Reference
- Lujan G, Kellough DA, Frankel WL, et al. Faster than glass: A digital pathology workflow unlocks major time-savings. United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology’s (USCAP) 111th Annual Meeting. Los Angeles. 2022 March 19-24.
