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Telepathology on the Solomon Islands — two years' experience with a hybrid Web- and email-based telepathology system

K Brauchli, R Jagilly, H Oberli, K D Kunze, G Phillips, N Hurwitz and M Oberholzer

Department of Pathology, University of Basel, Switzerland; National Referral Hospital, Honiara, Solomon Islands; National Referral Hospital, Honiara, Solomon Islands; Department of Pathology, Technical University of Dresden, Germany; Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia; Department of Pathology, University of Basel, Switzerland; Department of Pathology, University of Basel, Switzerland
The National Referral Hospital in Honiara, Solomon Islands, has used an Internet-based system in Switzerland for telepathology consultations since September 2001. Due to the limited bandwidth of Internet connections on the Solomon Islands, an email interface was developed that allows users in Honiara to submit cases and receive reports by email. At the other end, consultants can use a more sophisticated Web-based interface that allows discussion of cases among an expert panel. The result is a hybrid email- and Web-based telepathology system. Over two years, 333 consultations were performed, in which 94% of cases could be diagnosed by a remote pathologist. A computer-assisted 'virtual institute' of pathologists was established. This form of organization helped to reduce the median time from submission of the request to a report from 28 h to 8.5 h for a preliminary diagnosis and 13 h for a final report. A final report was possible in 77% of all submitted cases.

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