Practical Successes in Telepathology Experiences in Africa

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• Alternative Title:
  Clin Lab Med
• Personal Author:
  Montgomery, Nathan D. ; Tomoka, Tamiwe ; Krysiak, Robert ; Powers, Eric ; Mulenga, Maurice ; Kampani, Coxcilly ; Chimzimu, Fred ; Owino, Michael K. ; Dhungel, Bal Mukunda ; Gopal, Satish ; Fedoriw, Yuri
• Description:
  Across much of Africa, there is a critical shortage of pathology services necessary for clinical care. Even in settings where specialty-level clinical care, such as medical oncology, is available, access to anatomic pathology services has often lagged behind. Pathology laboratories in the region are challenging to establish and maintain. This article describes the successful implementation of telepathology services in Malawi and reviews other successful programs developed to support diagnostic pathology in resource-limited settings.
• Subjects:
  Africa Article Diagnostic Imaging Digital Pathology Humans Internet Pathology, Clinical Resource-limited Setting Telepathology Whole-slide Imaging
• Source:
  Clin Lab Med. 38(1):141-150
• Pubmed ID:
  29412878
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5996143
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K01 TW009488/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States ; U54 CA190152/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; P20 CA210285/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; P30 CA016086/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U2G PS001965/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHS/United States ; P30 AI050410/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; R21 CA180815/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:973cce630c527fdc7494fbc4cc389200d8ac75d4328b3c632315f5a4ce96d099
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/56041/cdc_56041_DS1.pdf
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