Case Study: Jiangsu Provincial Hospital — Building a Smart Pathology Ecosystem with KFBIO

Background

Jiangsu Provincial Hospital‘s Pathology Department is a national demonstration center. It participates in China’s Public Hospital High-Quality Development Program.

The department ranked 14th nationwide in 2022, employs 52 pathology professionals. The team processes over 250,000 cases annually. It also handles more than 1 million pathology slides each year. The department serves as Jiangsu Province’s pathology quality control center.

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Project Overview

The hospital partnered with KFBIO to improve efficiency and diagnostic quality. Together, they developed an integrated smart pathology solution. The solution combines intelligent equipment, AI diagnosis, and digital management. The system supports the entire pathology workflow. It covers slide preparation, transportation, diagnosis, and quality control. This platform enables a fully digital pathology laboratory. It also lays the foundation for intelligent pathology operations.

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Key Achievements

1. Digital Slide Scanning Infrastructure

Installed six KFBIO high-throughput digital slide scanners, establishing a robust digital pathology hardware foundation that supports high-volume slide digitization and research collaboration.

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2. Intelligent Slide Logistics with Robotics

Implemented KFBIO’s AI-powered pathology slide delivery robot system, achieving precise automatic delivery of HE/IHC/cytology slides to nine subspecialty diagnostic labs.
Each robot can transport up to 500 slides per trip, improving overall logistics efficiency by 5× and ensuring accurate, traceable slide management.

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3. Digital Pathology Management Platform

Developed an integrated pathology data management platform that connects pathology reports with digital slides in real time, supporting bidirectional data synchronization between diagnosis and slide visualization.

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4. AI-Assisted Clinical & Quality Control Platform

Deployed AI diagnostic modules for gastric and cervical cancer, along with AI-powered quality control tools for biopsy and slide production.
This system has enabled over 4,000 intelligent QC operations, improving inspection efficiency by 8× and promoting the standardization and automation of provincial pathology quality control.

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Outcome

By integrating KFBIO’s comprehensive digital pathology and AI solutions, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital has established a smart, automated, and high-efficiency pathology ecosystem.
The project demonstrates how AI-driven workflows and robotics can elevate hospital-level pathology management, enabling precision diagnosis, faster turnaround times, and smarter QC processes.

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Keywords

Digital Pathology · AI Diagnosis · Robotic Slide Logistics · Quality Control · Smart Laboratory · Precision Medicine