46: Leveraging the power of static telecytology for veterinary diagnostics w/ Kate Baker

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Did you know that pathology diagnostics through a smartphone is a thing?
Really and officially! It is called static telecytology and a lot has already been published on it (see RESOURCES BELOW).

This episode's guest, Dr. Kate Baker, a veterinary clinical pathologist, developed a smartphone app for veterinary telecytology! This digital pathology smartphone app is called pocket pathologist and let's you get access to a veterinary pathologist opinion remotely.

This app was developed for practicing veterinarians who want or need to consult telecytology cases with a board certified pathologist.

This technology can be used for other areas of static telepathology including rapid on site evaluation (ROSE) and Dr. Kate is giving us a sneak peek into the app development and how it was for a veterinarian to work with an app development team (and NO, it does not cost a million dollars  ).

This great little tool for remote pathology diagnostics is a proof that anyone, regardless of their budget can leverage the power of digital pathology to offer or access better care for their patients. You only need a microscope, a smartphone and smartphone adapter (to save time and take better pictures).

So don't hesitate to check it out: https://www.pocketpathologist.com/
THIS EPISODE'S RESOURCES:

• PREVIOUS PODCAST EPISODE WITH KATE: Digital veterinary cytology and social media teaching w/ Kate Baker, Veterinary Cytology Schoolhouse
• POCKET PATHOLOGIST APP 
• KATE'S WEBSITE - VETERINARY CYTOLOGY SCHOOLHOUSE 
• KATE'S VETERINARY CYTOLOGY ONLINE COURSES 
• SKOPED MICRO PHONE ATTACHMENT 
• IMPACT OF PHOTOGRAPHER EXPERIENCE AND NUMBER OF IMAGES ON TELECYTOLOGY ACCURACY. (Veterinary Clinical Pathology - Journal Article)
• HOW TO TAKE STUNNING MICROSCOPIC IMAGES WITH YOUR PHONE - DOWNLOADABLE GUIDE
• THE VETERINARY CYTOLOGY SCHOOLHOUSE FACEBOOK GROUP

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