Challenges of the "Omics" Future and Pathology Informatics Systems: Are We--Pathologists, Clinicians, And Consumers--Ready?(Report‪)‬

The health care industry is undergoing one of the most massive transformations ever seen in any industry. (1) There will be an escalation of challenges facing the health care industry in the next few decades. Among these challenges are the proliferation of new technology and clinical information management systems, especially the utilization of shared electronic health records. (2) Pathology service, in combination with sophisticated pathology informatics systems (PIS), is one of the major forces driving changes within the medical world, through the adaptation of new technology. (2) For the next decades, internal and external factors will require us to reinvent PIS for the future. These factors include both technologic advances and socio-cultural factors.