title: [The Eastern Quebec telepathology network: a real collective project].
abstract: The aim of the Eastern Québec telepathology network is to provide uniform diagnostic telepathology services across a huge geographic region with a low population density. This project is intended to provide surgeons and pathologists with frozen section and second opinion services anywhere and at any time across the entire region, in order to avoid unnecessary patient transfer. The project has been implemented in 21 sites, each equipped with a whole slide scanner, a macroscopy station, a videoconferencing device and a viewer/case management and collaboration solution. Of the 21 sites, 6 are devoid of a pathology laboratory, two have no pathologist and 5 have only one pathologist on site. Signs of improvement of medical care in this region are already apparent since the Eastern Québec telepathology network has been implemented. However, it is important not to underestimate the challenges related to change management in the course of implementation of such a new technology.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital du St-Sacrement, service d'anatomopathologie, Québec, Canada. bernard.tetu@fmed.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Têtu
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boulanger
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Houde
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fortin
authors.forename: Marie-Pierre
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roch
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paré
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Trudel
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sicotte
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005544:Forecasting; D005629:Frozen Sections; D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D020407:Internet; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011792:Quebec; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D019113:Telepathology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration