AXREM Appoints New Digital Pathology Group Convenor

19 February 2025

AXREM announced in the Autumn of last year a new Digital Pathology Special Focus Group. This initiative aims to bring together stakeholders from across the Digital Pathology workflow, including data storage providers, LIMS (Laboratory Inventory Management Systems) providers, Specimen tracking providers, slide scanner providers, IMS (Image Management Systems) providers, AI providers, screen monitor providers and backlog reporting providers.

Following a successful first meeting of the group AXREM are pleased to announce that Kayleigh Patterson, Product & Release Manager – Digital Pathology UK at Fujifilm Healthcare UK has been appointed as the group’s first Convenor.

Kayleigh has an extensive background in Digital Pathology with experience of successful implementation of the Fujifilm solution for nearly 6 years. Kayleigh also boasts over 12 years’ experience in an NHS Histology laboratory with a special focus on successful implementation of Digital Pathology for Clinical Diagnostic reporting. Kayleigh was instrumental in the first Digital Pathology implementation in the UK and has continued to use this knowledge and experience to build her expertise. A HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist BSc with an AMPG Change Management Foundation, PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner and Product Owner Certification. Kayleigh’s history offers her a unique insight the customer experience and the implementation from a business’ perspective.

Kayleigh said upon her appointment to the role “I am honoured to support AXREM as the inaugural Convenor of the Digital Pathology Special Focus Group. I feel my extensive experience in the Digital Pathology field, with full working knowledge of the discipline in which it resides, will help us drive conversation and focus in our meetings to support our Digital Pathology providers. I look forward to being a part of driving change across the industry in the UK help our customers with turnaround time targets and improve  patient pathways”.

Sally Edgington, AXREM Chief Executive Officer said “This is an exciting development for AXREM and having someone with Kayleigh’s experience and knowledge leading this group will ensure we get off to a flying start and will also be a great source of knowledge for myself and the staff team to learn from as we navigate this new group and products. I am looking forward to working with Kayleigh and the wider groups membership to expand membership and representation and see what great things we can achieve together”.

Digital Pathology is a modern, technology-driven approach to Pathology that involves converting traditional glass slides containing tissue samples into digital images. These images are captured using high-resolution scanning systems, and can be viewed, analysed, and shared digitally. This development enables Pathologists to diagnose diseases such as cancers, by examining tissues on a computer screen rather than under a microscope. Key features of the Digital Pathology workflow include but are not limited to: Data Storage, Whole Slide, Imaging, LIMS, IMS and AI.

You can find out more about the group here: https://www.axrem.org.uk/digital-pathology-special-focus-group/

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