J Korean Soc Med Inform.  2001 Sep;7(3):65-74.

A Study on Development of the web based Consultation System in Pathology

• Eom JH
• Byun HY
• Kweon DC
• Park RW
• Park P

Abstract

There is too many pathological test compared to the number of pathology doctor in Korea. To solve this problem, there is a solution that establish more department of pathology, but it's not easy because of the amount of costs and other environmental constraints. In this circumstance, when special doctors whose fields are not pathology need external consulting, they go to pathology doctor and ask them personally. It wastes unexpectable time and cost. The improved system of these inefficient procedure in pathological consulting is "The Web Based Consultation System in Pathology". In this system, when a pathological consulting is needed, the doctors can send and receive the informations with web based platform. It's digitalized procedure of existing pathological consulting and made it possible to accomplish efficient consulting. Moreover the Pathology Database which generated in this system makes more systematic and continuous information administrate and practical use of that information.

Keyword

Pathology diagnosis system; Consultation; Pathological images; Pathological DB

MeSH Terms

Humans
Korea
Pathology*