1) The document summarizes a presentation by Dr. Keith Kaplan at the Medicine 2.0 conference in 2008 about medical blogging and digital pathology. 2) Dr. Kaplan discusses why digital pathology is effective for things like archiving slides electronically and enhanced retrieval. He also blogs about digital pathology. 3) Reasons doctors blog include amplifying their perspective, sharing patient stories, exposing fraudulent ideas, and disseminating new ideas for discussion.

2. Medicine 2.0 Congress Medical Bloggers Panel Keith J. Kaplan, MD Mayo Clinic Department of Pathology

5. Digital Pathology Digital Data Set/Whole slide image Telepathology Image analysis & CAD Research Education Imaging & Archiving Virtual microscopy PACS signout Virtual IHC Consultation Diagnosis Consultation Targeted therapies Image based searches Reporting Links to images Digital archive Undergraduate GME/CME TMA Comparative analysis HSI Rare event detection

16. http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/07/29/all-883-health-and-medicine-blogs-on-display-in-one-image-playing-with-wordle-part-3 ; Accessed 30 July 2008

24. Digital Pathology and Medicine 2.0 Triaging cases and reports to identify most complex cases in need of consultations Automated rule-based software to screen results/diagnose Customized information for PCP, specialist (oncologist) and patient “ Smart” Pathology Reports Ideal documentation of gross/micro images; teaching & collaboration tool with clinicians Image integration into surgical pathology reports Enable physicians to access lab reports and images using browser software Wi-Fi enabled devices Enhanced capability for lab medicine consulting; easy access to MD office Web portal software; web-enabled LIS Application in Pathology Name of IT Tool

25. Primary Pathologist Anywhere in the 50 US states Secondary Pathologist Lab performing IHC, Consultation Tertiary Pathologist “ Glass-Less” virtual Microscopy consultation

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