The seminar will showcase the practical implementation of some pioneering workflow technologies for both consultants and lab staff, that are delivering on the improved efficiency and cost reduction objectives of the Pathology Services Consolidation Project.

Topics covered

  • The use of speech recognition workflow, integrated with LIMS (Malcolm Grant, TalkingPoint)
  • Customer experience, Histopathology/cut-up reporting by speech recognition (Will Davies, Senior Biomedical Scientist - Cellular Pathology, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust)
  • Efficient Minimum Dataset reporting for COSD (Dr Fred Mayall, Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust)
  • The role of digital pathology (Tim Wing, General Manager - Digital Pathology, Inspirata Europe Ltd)

Guest Speakers 

  • Dr Simon Wallace, Chief Clinical Information Officer - Nuance Communications UK
  • Will Davies, Senior BMS, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Tim Wing, General Manager, Digital Pathology - Inspirata Europe
  • Malcolm Grant, Managing Director - TalkingPoint
  • Dr Fred Mayall – Consultant Histopathologist, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton