Episode 5 - Matthew Hanna, MD - Moving to Remote Digital Signout

Our guest this episode is Dr. Matthew Hanna, Director of Digital Pathology Informatics and breast pathologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Dr. Hanna serves as a member on the CAP Informatics Committee as well as an editor for the Journal of Pathology Informatics. We will be discussing his experience in the digital pathology program at Memorial Sloan Kettering as well as recent advances in digital sign out.

What is the current status digital sign out - from a practical as well as regulatory standpoint? What obstacles and resistance have we faced in remote sign out? And of course, what are the implications of the global COVID-19 pandemic?

Were pathologists ready for remote sign out? What regulatory barriers came down to facilitate adoption. And which - if any - of these gains will become standard practice once the pandemic is over?