Four-Year Experience of Digital Slide Telepathology for Intraoperative Frozen Section Consultations in a Two-Site French Academic Department of Pathology.

Astrid Laurent-Bellue^1,2, Eric Poullier³, Jean-François Pomerol⁴, Eric Adnet⁵, Marie-José Redon¹, Katia Posseme¹, Olivier Trassard¹, Daniel Cherqui^2,6, Kevin Zarca⁷, Catherine Guettier^1,2

¹Department of Pathology, AP-HP-Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

²Université Paris-Saclay, Faculté de Médecine, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

³Information System Department, AP-HP, Campus Picpus, Paris, France.

⁴TRIBVN Healthcare, Châtillon, France.

⁵Information System Department, AP-HP-Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

⁶Department of Surgery, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, AP-HP-Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.

⁷URC eco Ile-de-France, AP-HP-Université Paris V, Paris, France.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To share our experience with digital slide telepathology for intraoperative frozen section consultations (IOCs) and to describe its evolution over time by reporting performance metrics and addressing organizational and economic aspects. METHODS: Since 2013, a technician has been alone at the surgical site. At the other site, the pathologist opens the digital slide from a local server…

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