'Omics' and Biomedical Informatics: The Future of Pathology and Pathology Informatics. But, are we Ready for the Future?

摘要

Healthcare industry is undergoing one of the most massive transformations ever seen in any other industries. There will be an escalation of challenges facing the healthcare industry in the next few decades. Among these challenges are proliferation of new technology and information management within the healthcare system. Pathology services pride itself in driving the medical changes through adaptation of new technology into the healthcare system, especially in combination with the sophisticated pathology informatics systems. The pathology informatics systems are arguably the most advanced and sophisticated information systems within the healthcare sector for many years. Some of the most exciting news in medicine such as the human genome project and the messaging and taxonomy standardisation all involve pathology services and pathology informatics [1].