Serdar Balci MD, Pathologist

Hi,

Uniview interface lacks many functionalities that are in IDS7.
Accessing and editing educational tags via uniview interface would be very helpful.

Best wishes
Serdar Balci, MD, Pathologist
Memorial Hospitals Group, Istanbul
serdar.balci@memorial.com.tr

Hi,

Accession numbers are different for image types. And one patient may have more than one biopsy resulting in many macroscopic and microscopic images.

It would be better if there can be a link with corresponding macroscopic and microscopic images.

Currently we try to rename the accession numbers but I would rather see them together.

Best wishes
Serdar Balci, MD, Pathologist
Memorial Hospitals Group, Istanbul
serdar.balci@memorial.com.tr

The header of user guide for pathologist in Turkish translation is:

"patolojistler için"

The correct translation is: "patologlar için"


Best wishes
Serdar Balci, MD, Pathologist
Memorial Hospitals Group, Istanbul
serdar.balci@memorial.com.tr

Hi,

I find sectra IDS7 interface very helpful in navigating the microscopic images. I would also like to access raw data via third party open source software (namely QuPath).

Our data is stored in hospital database with a file path similar to:
 

\\sectra-core\folders2$\SM\rf3298948\ef4678033\if_16927591

Hi,
I think it would be nice to navigate in image via keyboard do that we can scan the whole images, it will be helpful in lymph node or cytology scanning.
Navigation via up-down-left-right (or asdw buttons as in games) would be very nice.

Best wishes

Serdar Balci, MD, Pathologist
Memorial Pathology Laboratory, Istanbul, Turkey 
serdar.balci@memorial.com.tr

Hi,
When we scan an image and upload to sectra server it appears on the worklist of pathologist. However there is no option to state whether the case is finalized or not. There may be serial sections, additional routine stains or extra slides to be scanned.
Since we try to scan all the slides as soon as they come out of staining, cases are not completed one by one.
I think there are some options used by radiologists as the scan is done, scanning is processed by technician, case reviewed by radiologist, distation is done, approved etc. But these options are not that much suitable for pathology workflow.
We have a one year experience and we want to go full digital. I wonder how other institutions handle this problem.

Best wishes

Serdar Balci, MD, Pathologist
Memorial Pathology Laboratory, Istanbul, Turkey 
serdar.balci@memorial.com.tr
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Hi,

While reviewing the case, pathologists tend to fill up the synoptic report. For example in one slide if there is a lymphatic invasion I have to write it down. If I annotate it on the slide there is no option to get them back as a text file.

That is why I think a floating note taking window would be very helpful.


Best wishes

Serdar Balci, MD, Pathologist
Memorial Pathology Laboratory, Istanbul, Turkey 
serdar.balci@memorial.com.tr
 

Currently slides are ordered based on block name. First HE and then stains come alphabetically.

For stains;
It would be better if some are defined in a group. For example ER, PR, Her2 should go together. MLH1, PMS2 MSH2 MSH6 should go together.

For block names; 

We use alphanumeric characters for large cases. A to Z. and then AA, AB, AC. Currently AA,AB,AC comes just after A and the order cannot be maintained as intended in gross examination.

For additional pieces we use YP as abbreviation (yeni parça meaning additional pieces in Turkish). Their order is also just after letter Y. It would be better if they are ordered seperately.

For some obsessive people (like me :) ) I would prefer order of stians Trichrome, Reticuline and then IHC CK7, CK19 etc.

For those who are trying to switch to digital, certain habits are important.

Thank you.
 

Hi,
We can download case information from worklists as excel. Is it possible to include the stain names as well.
Specifically, I want to see which of my cases were stained with PAS and reticulin stain. How an I get this information.

Best wishes

Serdar Balci, MD, Pathologists
Memorial Hospitals Group Pathology
serdar.balci@memorial.com.tr
 

Hi,

We are having problems with Turkish characters in stain names. Upper case İ, lower case ı are not supported.

There are also problems in patient names with ş, ç, ö, ğ, ü characters.

It will be helpful if you could support for Turkish characters.

Best wishes

Serdar Balci, MD, Pathologist
Memorial Hospitals Group, Istanbul Turkey
serdar.balci@memorial.com.tr