This benefitted them during the pandemic , as it meant clinicians were able to view samples from home . It also ensures quality control and opens up the possibility of using AI to assist with scanning the images to detect anomalies . This potential starts to bear fruit when now deploying their first operational AI , with a decision support tool for pathologists that diagnoses different kinds of cancer .

Digitising the process required a big change to the way pathologists work . " We needed to make sure that our pathologists undergo a form of transformation , because there really is a big difference between working with a microscope and working with a computer ."

Assuta partnered with Sectra , a Swedish medical technology company . " We chose Sectra because their solution is open and enables us to integrate with other IT vendors for enabling access to pathological images and clinical data on a single platform , Guindy says . " This is critical for providing the best possible diagnosis . We are putting strong efforts for our clinicians to be able to join information from various sources and have a holistic view of the patient as part of their diagnostic decision making .

GIDI LESHETZ CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER , ASSUTA

72 March 2022