Canadian Licensure for the Use of Digital Pathology for Routine Diagnoses: One More Step Toward a New Era of Pathology Practice Without Borders.

The author discusses the Health Canada licensure obtained by GE Healthcare and Leica Biosystems for the use of digital technology in the daily practice of pathologists like the Omnyx Integrated Digital Pathology system from GE Healthcare. Topics discussed by the author include the possible adoption of digital pathology system, the safety and orderly transition of the technology in pathology laboratories, and the significant interest in digital pathology and telepathology among Canadians.