HOW IS TELEPATHOLOGY BEING USED TO IMPROVE PATIENT-CARE

Telepathology, as a subspecialty of telemedicine, involves the use of telecommunications technologies to transmit images to distant sites fo r the purpose of communicating diagnostic information or for teaching. Recent advances in technology have greatly increased the feasibility of performing diagnosis by telepathology, but there are still signific ant obstacles to implementation. In this review, I will discuss the te chnologies and organizations involved in telepathology, with examples of current practice in the US and abroad.