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'''"[[Journal:Diagnostic time in digital pathology: A comparative study on 400 cases|Diagnostic time in digital pathology: A comparative study on 400 cases]]"'''
'''"[[Journal:A pocket guide to electronic laboratory notebooks in the academic life sciences|A pocket guide to electronic laboratory notebooks in the academic life sciences]]"'''


Numerous validation studies in digital pathology confirmed its value as a diagnostic tool. However, a longer time to diagnosis than traditional microscopy has been seen as a significant barrier to the routine use of digital pathology. As a part of our validation study, we compared a digital and microscopic diagnostic time in the routine diagnostic setting.  
Every professional doing active research in the life sciences is required to keep a [[laboratory notebook]]. However, while science has changed dramatically over the last centuries, laboratory notebooks have remained essentially unchanged since pre-modern science. We argue that the implementation of [[electronic laboratory notebook]]s (ELN) in academic research is overdue, and we provide researchers and their institutions with the background and practical knowledge to select and initiate the implementation of an ELN in their laboratories. In addition, we present data from surveying biomedical researchers and technicians regarding which hypothetical features and functionalities they hope to see implemented in an ELN, and which ones they regard as less important. We also present data on acceptance and satisfaction of those who have recently switched from paper laboratory notebook to an ELN. We thus provide answers to the following questions: What does an electronic laboratory notebook afford a biomedical researcher, what does it require, and how should one go about implementing it? ('''[[Journal:A pocket guide to electronic laboratory notebooks in the academic life sciences|Full article...]]''')<br />
 
One senior staff pathologist reported 400 consecutive cases in histology, nongynecological, and fine needle aspiration cytology (20 sessions, 20 cases/session), over 4 weeks. Complex, difficult, and rare cases were excluded from the study to reduce the bias. A primary diagnosis was digital, followed by traditional microscopy, six months later, with only request forms available for both. Microscopic slides were scanned at ×20, digital images accessed through the fully integrated [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) and viewed in the image viewer on double 23” displays. ('''[[Journal:Diagnostic time in digital pathology: A comparative study on 400 cases|Full article...]]''')<br />
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"A pocket guide to electronic laboratory notebooks in the academic life sciences"

Every professional doing active research in the life sciences is required to keep a laboratory notebook. However, while science has changed dramatically over the last centuries, laboratory notebooks have remained essentially unchanged since pre-modern science. We argue that the implementation of electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN) in academic research is overdue, and we provide researchers and their institutions with the background and practical knowledge to select and initiate the implementation of an ELN in their laboratories. In addition, we present data from surveying biomedical researchers and technicians regarding which hypothetical features and functionalities they hope to see implemented in an ELN, and which ones they regard as less important. We also present data on acceptance and satisfaction of those who have recently switched from paper laboratory notebook to an ELN. We thus provide answers to the following questions: What does an electronic laboratory notebook afford a biomedical researcher, what does it require, and how should one go about implementing it? (Full article...)

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Diagnostic time in digital pathology: A comparative study on 400 cases
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