A decade of digital pathology: The path to full digital adoption

In this third episode of our special mini-series marking Sectra's 10-year anniversary of digital pathology, we tackle one of the most critical milestones in the digital transformation journey: scaling up and achieving full digital adoption. 

Host Elin Abrahamsson is joined by MD Pathologist Dr. Mustafa Yousif, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Assistant Professor of Pathology Informatics, and Director of Digital Pathology at the University of Michigan in, and Elin Kindberg, General Manager and Global product Manager for Digital Pathology at Sectra, to explore what it takes to go beyond initial implementation and truly embed digital workflows into pathology practice. 

Dr. Yousif shares insights into the University of Michigan's scaling strategy, IT integration challenges, and the operational wins that emerged as his department transitioned from analogue to digital. Meanwhile, Elin Kindberg dives into Sectra's vendor-neutral approach, advanced scalability solutions, and innovations like Image Lifecycle Management (ILM)—a tiered storage system that helps pathology departments tackle the major storage costs associated with managing high-resolution pathology images without sacrificing usability. 

Together, they highlight the benefits of shared enterprise imaging systems that connect radiology and pathology, streamline diagnostics, and foster collaboration across medical domains—all while delivering better outcomes for patients. 

This episode is packed with actionable insights on building sustainable, scalable digital pathology workflows and overcoming storage challenges in the process. Don't miss this deep dive into what real adoption looks like! 

Highlights:

[01:40] Introduction of Dr Yousif 

[03:40] University of Michigan's path to digital pathology 

[09:00] The continued development of Sectra's digital pathology solution after the initial version 

[14:10] Roll-out of the digital service in Michigan 

[17:15] Technical go-live and clinical go-live 

[19:00] IT integrations 

[23:04] Image lifecycle management to cope with the storage challenge 

[30:40] The importance of DICOM WSI 

[35:25] Why interoperability, vendor-neutrality, and enterprise scalability is important at Sectra 

[37:30] Benefits of an enterprise imaging solution at Michigan  

[41:09] The beauty of a PACS-driven workflow

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