Understanding the ethical and legal considerations of Digital Pathology.

ABSTRACT: Digital Pathology (DP) is a platform which has the potential to develop a truly integrated and global pathology community. The generation of DP data at scale creates novel challenges for the histopathology community in managing, processing, and governing the use of these data. The current understanding of, and confidence in, the legal and ethical aspects of DP by pathologists is unknown. We developed an electronic survey (e-survey), comprising 22 questions, with input from the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) Digital Pathology Working Group. The e-survey was circulated via e-mail and social media (Twitter) through the RCPath Digital Pathology Working Group network, RCPath Trainee Committee network, the Pathology image data Lake for Analytics, Knowledge and Education (PathLAKE) digita

SUBMITTER: Coulter C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822384 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature