Alverno Laboratories goes digital with Philips to innovate pathology services
May 23 2019 - 8:00AM
May 23, 2019 Large Midwest laboratory selects
Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution to further enhance
efficiencies and quality of diagnostics for histology cases
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Hammond, Ind. –
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health
technology, and Alverno Laboratories, a provider of high-quality
diagnostic testing services, today announced that Alverno will
fully implement digital pathology in its clinical laboratories. The
laboratory network will use Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution
to assess and diagnose all clinical histology cases digitally,
instead of using a microscope, with the aim of improving laboratory
efficiency, quality, and patient safety.
Pathology plays a critical role in disease detection,
particularly with cancer diagnosis. Suspicious tissue samples are
investigated to determine if the tissue is malignant and
consequently guides treatment decisions. As one of the largest
pathology laboratories in the Midwest, Alverno manages 33 hospital
laboratories and provides laboratory services to two freestanding
emergency departments and thousands of physician offices and other
clients. Alverno consults on more than 142,000 histological cases
each year, which translates to more than 1,100,000 slides of human
tissue. Currently, each of these slides needs to be prepared,
analyzed through a microscope, diagnosed, reported and archived.
Digitizing these images will ease collaboration across sites and
help reduce costs.
“Alverno is committed to ensuring our patients and clinical
colleagues receive the fastest, most effective and best-informed
diagnoses possible by employing the latest technology innovations,”
said Sam Terese, CEO of Alverno Laboratories. “Digital pathology
enables enhanced cooperation and access to sub-specialists, helping
us improve turnaround times and ultimately advancing our goal of
saving lives.”
“The digitalization of pathology provides an opportunity to
radically change the sector and remove daily obstacles that hinder
pathologists via traditional microscopy,” said Marlon Thompson,
General Manager of Philips Digital & Computational Pathology.
“With digital pathology and the application of adaptive
intelligence, we aim to help pathologists increase collaboration,
boost efficiency and enable more accurate and precise
diagnoses.”
Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution is an automated digital
pathology image creation, viewing, and management system comprising
the Ultra Fast Scanner, the Image Management System and Display for
clinical IVD use. This solution contains advanced software tools to
manage the scanning, storage, presentation, reviewing, and sharing
of images. By supporting the transition to digital workflows,
Philips seeks to help pathology laboratories simplify access to
histopathology information and implement more efficient
workflows.
The Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution is the first digital
pathology solution marketed for primary diagnostic use in the U.S,
for all FFPE surgical pathology slides, including H&E, special
stains and immunohistochemistry.
To learn more about Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution,
visit this website and follow @Philips_Path.
To learn more about Alverno Laboratories, visit
www.AlvernoLabs.com.
For further information, please contact:
Sierra BreedenAlverno LaboratoriesTel.: 219-836-2458 Cell:
815-791-9467Email: Sierra.breeden@franciscanalliance.org
Joost MalthaPhilips Group Press OfficeTel.: +31 6 10 55
8116E-mail: Joost.Maltha@philips.comTwitter: @JoostMaltha
About Alverno LaboratoriesAlverno Laboratories
is one of the largest integrated laboratory networks in the United
States and owns and operates over 30 hospital laboratories and a
central laboratory performing both clinical and anatomic pathology.
Alverno's innovative, state-of-the-art laboratory offers cost
effective testing and personalized customer service, with advanced
technology and testing in Precision Medicine/Next-Gen Sequencing,
toxicology and other speciality testing. Alverno's on-site
pathologists are part of the pathology practice of Pathology
Consultants, Inc. Alverno is located in Hammond, IN. For more
information, call 1-800-937-5521 or visit
http://alvernolabs.com.
About Royal PhilipsRoyal Philips (NYSE: PHG,
AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on
improving people's health and enabling better outcomes across the
health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis,
treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and
deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated
solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a
leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient
monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health
and home care. Philips' health technology portfolio generated 2018
sales of EUR 18.1 billion and employs approximately 77,000
employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News
about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.
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