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Review
. 2023 Dec;44(Suppl 3):225-228.
doi: 10.1007/s00292-023-01259-5. Epub 2023 Nov 21.

National digital pathology projects in Switzerland: A 2023 update

Rainer Grobholz  1   2 , Andrew Janowczyk  3   4   5 , Ana Leni Frei  6 , Mario Kreutzfeldt  7 , Viktor H Koelzer  8 , Inti Zlobec  6
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Review

National digital pathology projects in Switzerland: A 2023 update

Rainer Grobholz et al. Pathologie (Heidelb). 2023 Dec.

Abstract
in English, German

The Swiss Digital Pathology Consortium (SDiPath) was founded in 2018 as a working group of the Swiss Society for Pathology with the aim of networking, training, and promoting digital pathology (DP) at a national level. Since then, two national surveys have been carried out on the level of knowledge, dissemination, use, and needs in DP, which have resulted in clear fields of action. In addition to organizing symposia and workshops, national guidelines were drawn up and an initiative for a national DP platform actively codesigned. With the growing use of digital image processing and artificial intelligence tools, continuous monitoring, evaluation, and exchange of experiences will be pursued, along with best practices.

Das Schweizer Konsortium für Digitale Pathologie (Swiss Digital Pathology Consortium, SDiPath) wurde 2018 als Arbeitsgruppe der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Pathologie gegründet mit der Zielsetzung der Vernetzung, Fortbildung und Förderung der digitalen Pathologie (DP) auf nationaler Ebene. Seither wurden 2 nationale Umfragen zum Kenntnisstand, der Verbreitung, Verwendung und der Bedürfnisse in der DP durchgeführt, aus welchen sich klare Handlungsfelder ergeben haben. Neben der Ausrichtung von Symposien und Workshops wurden nationale Leitlinien erarbeitet und eine Initiative für eine nationale DP-Plattform aktiv mitgestaltet. Mit dem zunehmenden Einsatz von digitaler Bildverarbeitung und künstlicher Intelligenz werden die kontinuierliche Begleitung, die Evaluation und der Austausch von Erfahrungen sowie bewährten praktischen Ansätzen weiterverfolgt.

Keywords: Digital image analysis; Digital pathology; National Guidelines; National Surveys; National strategies.

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Conflict of interest statement

V.H. Koelzer: Invited speaker for Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC) and Indica Labs; advisory board of Takeda; sponsored research agreements with Roche and IAG all unrelated to the current study. R. Grobholz, A. Janowczyk, A.L. Frei, M. Kreutzfeldt, and I. Zlobec declare that they have no competing interests.

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a PubMed-listed publications for “telepathology” 1986–07/2023 (n = 1346), b PubMed-listed publications for “digital pathology” 1999–07/2023 (n = 2583)
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Home office workplace for remote diagnostics by digital pathology (© Dr. Alejandra Magagna, with kind permission)
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Development of the guidelines with the help of the Delphi method
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