10 Sep 2025
Digital pathology is transforming anatomic pathology by replacing traditional glass slides and microscopes with high-resolution digital images, enabling faster, more accurate diagnoses and deeper insights into disease. When paired with artificial intelligence (AI), digital pathology becomes a powerful tool for improving patient outcomes, streamlining lab operations and enhancing collaboration across research and clinical teams.
Labcorp’s AI-enhanced digital pathology solutions are designed to meet the evolving needs of biotech and biopharma organizations, offering scalable, source-agnostic platforms that support everything from routine diagnostics to advanced therapeutic development. Here are four key benefits of adopting AI-enhanced digital pathology in anatomic pathology:
1. Better patient care
AI-enhanced digital pathology improves diagnostic precision and accelerates treatment decisions, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes. Digital pathology solutions enable:
- Sub-specialization access: Digital platforms and remote consultation with expert pathologists, including subspecialists, can help support nuanced interpretations of complex cases
- Second opinions and interdisciplinary collaboration: Tumor boards and other specialist teams can easily share and review digital slides, fostering consensus and improving care coordination
- AI-augmented diagnosis: Algorithms can detect subtle patterns and quantify biomarkers, supporting pathologists in identifying disease features that may be missed by the human eye
- Automated case management: AI tools help prioritize urgent cases and reduce turnaround time (TAT), improving patient safety and workflow efficiency
- Faster reporting: Digital workflows eliminate delays associated with physical slide transport, enabling quicker diagnostic decisions
2. Enhanced lab efficiencies
Digital pathology streamlines lab operations, reduces logistical burdens and improves data management across the pathology workflow:
- Lab consolidation: Centralized digital platforms allow labs to operate more efficiently across multiple sites
- Improved TAT: Remote access to slides and automated workflows reduce delays and optimize throughput
- Case load management: AI tools help balance workloads across teams, supporting timely review and reducing burnout
- Slide archive and custody: Digital storage preserves slide quality indefinitely, minimizes loss or breakage and supports long-term data access for future analysis or AI model training
3. Improved pathologist experience
Digital pathology empowers pathologists with flexible, efficient tools that enhance their work and quality of life through the following capabilities:
- Remote reading: Pathologists can review cases from anywhere, supporting work-life balance and career flexibility
- Efficiency and ergonomics: Digital tools reduce repetitive tasks and physical strain, improving satisfaction and productivity
- Sub-specialization and AI access: Pathologists can focus on their areas of expertise while leveraging AI to assist with complex analyses
- Freedom from location constraints: With cloud-based platforms, pathologists are no longer tied to a single lab or hospital, enabling broader collaboration and expanding access to expertise
4. Institutional advantages
AI-enhanced digital pathology solutions help strengthen:
- Retention and training: Cutting-edge technology attracts and helps retain top talent and supports advanced pathology residency programs
- Research and clinical trials: Digital pathology enables standardized tissue analysis and supports real-world data initiatives, improving trial consistency and accelerating drug development
- Global outreach: Tele-pathology connects institutions across borders, expanding access to expertise and enabling international collaboration
- Data-driven insights: AI algorithms analyze large volumes of image data, supporting predictive modeling and personalized medicine strategies
How Labcorp is transforming diagnostic precision through digital pathology
As the demand for diagnostic services grows and the U.S. faces a projected shortage of pathologists, Labcorp’s digital pathology initiative addresses critical challenges in access, efficiency and precision. By converting traditional glass slides into digital images that can be viewed and analyzed remotely, Labcorp empowers pathologists to collaborate across locations, accelerating diagnoses and improving consistency.
To learn more about how Labcorp’s digital pathology solutions can meet your needs, visit https://www.labcorp.com/disciplines/digital-pathology-and-artificial-intelligence-ai