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Research on Digital Pathology published in Journal of Pathology Informatics

Barriers and facilitators to adoption of soft copy interpretation from the user perspective: Lessons learned from filmless radiology for slideless pathology Emily S Patterson 1 , Mike Rayo 1 , Carolina Gill 2 , Metin N Gurcan 3 1 Division of Health Information Management and Systems, School of Allied Medical Professions, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA 2 Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA 3 Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Background: Adoption of digital images for pathological specimens has been slower than adoption of digital images in radiology, despite a number of anticipated advantages for digital images in pathology. In this paper, we explore the factors that might explain this slower rate of adoption. Materials and Method: Semi-structured interviews on barriers and facilitators to ...