title: Telemedicine for pathology.
abstract: Telemedicine for pathology, this is pathology in which the specimen is digitally transmitted and examined by a pathologist at a distance. In another words, telemedicine for pathology, or simply telepathology, is a branch of telemedicine and pathology that consists in the exchange of pathology images through telecommunication with the purposes of diagnosis, consultation, research and/or education. The use of telepathology is of great importance in management of patients since it allows fast diagnosis and inter-consultations among specialist pathologists located in every part of the world.
authors.affiliation: Georgian Telemedicine Union (Association), 75 Kostrava Str., Tbilisi, Georgia. kldiashvili@georgia.telepathology.org
authors.forename: Ekaterine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kldiashvili
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D006801:Humans; D010336:Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*