Sant’ Andrea University Hospital Advances Cancer Care with Integrated GE HealthCare and Tribun Health Enterprise Imaging and Digital Pathology Solutions
GE HealthCare announced that Sant’ Andrea University Hospital, one of Italy’s leading academic medical centers and a renowned hub for oncology and translational research, has selected a combined suite of GE HealthCare and Tribun Health technologies to build a unified enterprise imaging and digital pathology ecosystem. This strategic move positions the hospital at the forefront of a new generation of AI-ready, data-driven healthcare designed to accelerate diagnosis, enhance collaboration, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Sant’ Andrea University Hospital, which is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome, manages a substantial volume of complex oncology cases every year. Its clinicians depend on highly accurate imaging, pathology, and molecular diagnostics to guide treatment decisions across the cancer care continuum. Recognizing the growing need for fast, integrated, and information-rich clinical environments, the hospital has chosen to bring radiology and pathology into a single, seamlessly connected platform that can leverage artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics.
At the heart of the initiative is GE HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging platform, powered by Datalogue™, which includes a vendor-neutral archive (VNA) capable of consolidating patient data, imaging studies, and clinical content across departments. Complementing this is Tribun Health’s award-winning CaloPix® digital pathology solution—an advanced, AI-enabled platform that supports end-to-end computational pathology workflows. Together, these systems create an intelligent, scalable, and sustainable infrastructure capable of supporting high-volume diagnostics and multidisciplinary coordination.
A New Era of Integrated Cancer Care
The integration of radiology and pathology represents one of the most significant transformations in modern cancer care. Radiology provides clinicians with detailed anatomical and functional insights, while pathology delivers the microscopic and molecular detail necessary for diagnosis and treatment planning. Historically, these disciplines have operated in parallel, supported by separate IT systems and data silos.
By bringing both specialties onto a single enterprise platform, Sant’ Andrea aims to eliminate fragmentation and improve the speed and accuracy of the diagnostic process. GE HealthCare’s Datalogue acts as a unifying backbone, intelligently managing imaging data and enabling clinicians to access comprehensive patient information from a centralized interface. Meanwhile, Tribun Health’s CaloPix® platform digitizes pathology slides, enabling rapid viewing, analysis, collaboration, and AI-based interpretation.
This harmonized workflow supports the hospital’s commitment to precision medicine, allowing specialists across disciplines—radiologists, pathologists, oncologists, surgeons, and researchers—to operate from a shared foundation of consistent, high-quality data. The result is a more connected ecosystem where insights can be generated earlier, decisions can be made faster, and patients experience more streamlined care.
Investment and Leadership in Digital Pathology
Sant’ Andrea University Hospital is the first medical center in the Lazio region to implement full digital pathology at scale, marking a cornerstone of its ongoing digital transformation. The total investment for the project is nearly €1.5 million, with roughly €800,000 funded through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), part of Italy’s broader post-pandemic modernization strategy.
The hospital’s embrace of digital pathology reflects a growing international trend toward faster, more reproducible, and more collaborative diagnostic practices. Digital slides eliminate the physical limitations of traditional glass slide workflows—reducing risk of damage, enabling real-time consultations, and allowing rapid AI-driven analysis. This modernization is particularly crucial in oncology, where timely and accurate pathology findings are essential for treatment planning, including decisions related to surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted drugs.
Industry Leaders Highlight Impact
Scott Miller, CEO of Solutions for Enterprise Imaging at GE HealthCare, emphasized the complexity of oncology care and the importance of integrating data sources to improve efficiency.
“The oncology care pathway involves multiple steps, a range of experts, and a tremendous amount of data,” Miller said. “Sant’ Andrea’s enterprise imaging implementation will streamline this pathway across the entire hospital and support clinical teams as they work to deliver the best possible care to their patients.”
Miller noted that unifying radiology and pathology is critical for modern oncology programs. In many cases, imaging findings and pathology interpretations must be correlated during tumor board discussions and treatment planning meetings. With a connected platform, these correlations can occur dynamically and in real time, reducing delays and minimizing uncertainties.
Jean-François Pomerol, CEO of Tribun Health, also highlighted the significance of the collaboration.
“This achievement represents a major milestone for both Tribun Health and GE HealthCare, and more importantly, a meaningful step forward for the future of diagnostic medicine,” Pomerol said. “Through this partnership, we’re showing how global technology leaders can generate real, measurable benefits at the local level—improving efficiency in pathology labs, supporting better clinical decision-making, and enabling faster access to vital diagnostic insights for cancer patients.”
Pomerol underscored that the CaloPix® platform is built to support the full pathology journey—from diagnosis to prognosis to drug development—making it a powerful tool for both clinical care and research programs like those conducted at Sant’ Andrea.
Enhancing Clinical Workflow and Multidisciplinary Collaboration
Central to the hospital’s vision is the ability to give clinicians a complete, unified view of each patient’s medical story. With GE HealthCare’s Datalogue serving as the data integration layer, pathology outputs become part of a cohesive enterprise imaging ecosystem, allowing providers to access radiology images, pathology slides, laboratory information, clinical notes, and relevant patient data through a single interface.
This “one-stop” view enables clinicians to make more informed decisions more quickly—an essential advantage in oncology, where treatment windows are often critical. The system is designed to reduce unnecessary manual steps, decrease the risk of errors, and ensure that all data relevant to a patient’s case is readily available for tumor boards and multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
The integration also strengthens translational research by making large, high-quality datasets more accessible to investigators studying tumor behavior, molecular signatures, and treatment responses. As an academic research hospital, Sant’ Andrea plans to leverage this combined platform to fuel studies in cancer genomics, AI-driven diagnostics, and imaging-pathology correlations.
A Transformative Step for Patient Care
Francesca Milito, General Director of AOU Sant’ Andrea, described the implementation as a turning point for the hospital’s digital evolution.
“This technology allows our doctors to make faster, more informed decisions,” Milito said. “By unifying radiology and pathology, we improve access to clinical data and create an integrated environment where clinicians can provide the most effective treatment pathways for every cancer patient.”
Milito emphasized that the transformation is not only technological but cultural. It encourages new models of collaboration, fosters transparency in patient care, and reduces the friction that providers traditionally face when navigating multiple disconnected systems.
A Model for Modern Healthcare
As healthcare systems across Europe and beyond increasingly adopt digital solutions to meet rising clinical demands, Sant’ Andrea University Hospital’s integrated imaging and pathology environment stands as an example of how strategic technology investments can strengthen patient care at scale. By combining GE HealthCare’s enterprise imaging expertise with Tribun Health’s advanced computational pathology tools, the hospital is laying the foundation for faster diagnoses, improved care coordination, and an AI-ready infrastructure that can evolve with future innovation.
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