Patent ID: 8565498

Claim:
A system for facilitating delivery of digital slide image analysis information, comprising: one or more referral source devices each having a digital slide scanning means, wherein a referral source device is configured to scan a glass slide and create a digital slide image that is the subject of the digital slide image analysis, the referral source device further configured to send the digital slide to a scanning center via a data communication network; one or more scanning centers each having a data storage area configured to store a plurality of digital slides and associated information regarding the plurality of digital slides, the one or more scanning centers each having a digital slide viewing means configured to provide image data from a digital slide to one or more remote viewers, the one or more scanning centers further configured to receive and store digital slide image analysis information and provide said digital slide image analysis information to a referral source device upon request; one or more remote viewers communicatively coupled with the scanning center via the communication network, wherein a remote viewer is configured to receive an image of a digital slide from the scanning center and provide the image on a display and send digital slide image analysis information to a scanning center; and wherein the scanning center further comprises a timing means configured to engage a consultant for the digital slide image analysis.