External Consultation, Powered by the Paige Platform
Digital Pathology External Consultation Network and Case Sharing for Expert Opinions & Transfer of Care
Paige’s External Consultation feature allows labs to completely digitize consultation workflows by enabling the secure exchange of digital pathology images and information across sites.
As a fully web-based solution, the External Consultation feature makes it easy to send and access all the case images, information, and prior reports needed for collaborative diagnosis in real-time, bringing greater ease and efficiency to formal second opinions than ever before.
A Consultation Workflow Built for Efficiency
- Access to an extensive network of hospitals, labs, and references centers
- Secure image and data transfer
- Risk-free, cost-effective communication and collaboration
- Compatible with any digital pathology scanner
- Simple onboarding and implementation
- Intuitive design and straightforward tools for both pathologists and administrators
Why Hospitals and Labs Choose Paige
Fast Diagnosis
Work with preferred providers in near real-time, shrinking turnaround times from weeks to days
Risk-Free Access to Second Opinions
Eliminate the risk of lost or broken slides and associated costs to reduce barriers to consultations at any lab
Balanced Workloads
Deliver confident final diagnoses even in the face of ever-growing patient volumes or shrinking internal resources
Simplified Transfer of Care Requests
Service patient requests for transfer of care or second opinions quickly and easily
Why Reference Centers Choose Paige
Paige External Consultation also enables consulting labs to digitize their existing consultation processes or drive greater consultation volumes. By making it easy to share competencies with locations that need it without creating undue administrative burden, External Consultation can bolster quality assurance and consistency across institutions.
Expanded Consultation Capabilities
maintain existing consultation volumes or scale consultation services with ease
Easy Access to Consult Cases
view and access all relevant case material and information seamlessly within existing diagnostic workflows from anywhere
Reduced Administrative Burden
manage growing consultation volumes without the undue administrative burden and logistical overhead of receiving and returning material
Launching Your Digital Journey with Paige External Consultation
Sending Sites
Ability to leverage low volume scanners that can be uses for the consultation use case.
Consulting Sites
Ability to sign out a subset of consult cases digitally without the need to purchase scanners or decide on a single digital pathology platform.
Is Your Hospital or Lab a Nuance PowerShare Customer?
Paige has partnered with Nuance PowerShare, a reliable network for radiology image sharing in over 14,000 institutions, to extend the power of their trusted technology into digital pathology.
Paige’s External Consultation feature is available through both the Paige Platform or Nuance PoweShare, making adoption seamless and rapid at any institution. This allows existing Nuance PowerShare customers to onboard External Consultation capabilities and further streamline their lab operations without arduous privacy and security reviews or lengthy contracting processes.
With the combined power of PowerShare and Paige, labs can enjoy risk-free, cost-effective access to a diverse network of specialist skills that can transform cancer care.
