Moneyball Medicine

Proscia Pushes Pathology Down the Digital Path

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In most hospitals, the practice of radiology went digital years ago. Today you'll rarely find a radiologist examining a broken bone or a fluid-filled lung on a sheet of old-fashioned X-ray film. But pathology isn't as computerized. For a variety of cultural, technical, and regulatory reasons, many pathologists still prefer to look at tissue samples the old-fashioned way, on a slide under a microscope.Philadelpha-based Proscia is working to change that—and open up pathology to the power of remote work and automated image analysis—by building a cloud-based infrastructure for storing and sharing scanned pathology images. Harry's guest today is Proscia CEO David West, who says there are still strong cultural barriers to the adoption of digital pathology, but "the community is realizing this can be really great for them and their discipline." West says easier scanning, higher resolution, faster image delivery, and the ability to review images from anywhere and tap the power of artificial intelligence are powerful