Leica Biosystems, which through its acquisition of Aperio has increased its footprint as a provider of digital pathology systems, has announced that Chinese physicians have access to U.S. healthcare organizations for real-time, expert review of pathology cases through a medical cloud network made possible by Leica’s strategic collaboration with Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences. The cloud-based solution, powered by Dell’s Unified Clinical Archive, is a global, secure and scalable IT platform. It provides the foundation of best practices to optimize access to large pathology images so physicians can quickly and easily review and collaborate to expedite patient results and treatment decisions. The U.S. institutions providing pathology services include The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dianon/Lab Corp., and ProPath.
“Connecting China and the U.S. through our collaboration with Dell begins to meet our goal to address the regional and global imbalances of pathology expertise available for patient care by enabling access to pathologists, regardless of location,” says Matthias Weber, MD, president of Leica Biosystems.
“Dell is excited to work with Leica Biosystems on this initiative and to facilitate the sharing of whole slide pathology images via the cloud,” says August Calhoun, PhD, vice president and general manager of Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences. “This is a prime example of how a hybrid cloud solution with application-neutral data management capabilities can break down traditional information silos and allow healthcare organizations to securely manage, store, and share data to advance patient care even across great distances.” Learn more about Leica Biosystems’ solutions for pathology.