The Division of Informatics offers one, three or six month rotations in Pathology Informatics designed to introduce visiting pathology residents to this exciting, important and expanding area of medicine. Rotators are offerred the opportunity to:
- Become an expert in the various Laboratory Information Systems resident in our department, including CoPath,
Sunquest and Autocyte.
- Get hands on experience with digital image capture, storage and retrieval.
- Work through a formal curriculum, including lectures, readings and excercises.
- Be actively involved with ongoing major developmental efforts in Laboratory Information Systems, Clinical Imaging, Telepathology, Pathologist's
Workstations, medical uses of the Internet, distributed digitalized oncology databases, web-based pathology case presentations, synoptic data entry, image
indexing and enhanced pathology reporting.
- Develop an enhancement to a production system or research project. Depending on the length of the rotation this may involve a complete, small
application or one or more aspects of a larger project. The rotator may become involved with grant writing, feasiblity and workflow studies,
writing a scope document, data modeling, GUI design, prototype coding, testing, product implementation, etc. As a result of their efforts, rotators may be included in the eventual description of the product and publications that ensue.
As Medicine strives for the highest quality and maximum effeciency, as a growing number of tests are performed from the
bedside to the reference laboratory, as hospitals form alliances, and as the practice of medicine becomes more intense - there will be a need for pathologists who understand information technologies, information management and complex information environments.
Residents interested in spending time at the University of Pittsburgh's Pathology Informatics Division should contact Michael J. Becich MD PhD, Director of Pathology Informatics. |
