The Foundation’s current focus is investing in research to demonstrate the impact of digital pathology for both patients and providers. Alongside the DPA’s advocacy and coordination of industry efforts, the Foundation’s work will help pave the way for broad public and private investment in the digital transformation of pathology in America and around the world.
OUTCOMES STUDY
The Foundation underpins the DPA by providing funding and the mechanism for conducting essential projects, including the “Outcomes Study” which will document the impacts of digital pathology for patients and providers across a wide range of practice settings and communities. The methodology will be synthesizing existing studies which have already been published, and institutional data that has been made public and conducting new analysis of institutional data that has not been broadly shared before.
With the data collected, the study will assess the impacts, experiences, and challenges associated with implementing digital pathology, with a focus in two key areas:
- Patient Outcomes: diagnosis speed and accuracy, personalized medicine, treatment outcomes
- Provider Outcomes: efficiency and productivity of Pathology, process improvement in physician and institutional collaboration
The projects ultimate goal is to bring the benefits of Digital Pathology to every possible community and individual, its timeline is estimated to be over a period of 2-3 years.
DPAF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Michael Rivers
Vice President & General Manager, Mountain View Roche Tissue Diagnostics
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IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT John Wellbank
Digital Pathology Consultant
Epredia
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TREASURER
Lewis Hassell, MD
Director of Anatomic Pathology
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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SECRETARY
Keith Wharton, MD, PhD, FCAP
Global Medical Affairs Lead
Roche Tissue Diagnostics
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DIRECTOR
Chhavi Chauhan, PhD, ELS
Director of Scientific Outreach
American Society for Investigative Pathology
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DIRECTOR
Chris Garcia, MD
Computational Pathologist
Mayo Clinic
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DIRECTOR
Michael Isaacs
Director of Information System, Pathology & Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine
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DIRECTOR
Jennifer Samboy
Digital Transformation Leader
Philips Digital & Computational Pathology
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DIRECTOR
Michael Valante
Global Healthcare Business Lead
Chief Technology Officer
Dell Technologies
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