一項新計劃叫做“夏威夷農村遠程醫學和遠程病理學遠距離學習網絡”，將會為夏威夷全州的農村以及服務水平低下的社區帶來專業醫療服務以及遠距離學習功能。該計劃從美國農業部農村公用事業機構獲得了500000美元的資助。

尤其值得指出的是，新系統將能夠為醫學病理學住院醫生提供教育和培訓；為保健工作人員、農村患者以及社區成員提供遠程學習功能；為夏威夷農村社區提供專業醫療服務，特別是對慢性疾病。遠程病理學和遠程醫學服務的主要提供者是Trestle公司。

夏威夷臨床實驗室醫學主任Glenn Furuya醫生解釋說：“使用遠距離遠程病理學將會提升我們病理醫師的生產力，幾乎是迅即地共享信息。這徹底改變了我們對咨詢和冰凍切片讀片的第二意見，并且減少了診斷所需時間。”

在夏威夷各個社區被海洋所分割，遠程病理學系統能夠節約醫生獲得組織樣本權威診斷所需的長達幾天的時間。現在，病理切片通過快遞員在各個島嶼之間來回傳送，醫生獲得專家讀片所需的時間長達3～5天之多。

Telemedicine/Telepathology System for Hawaii
 
A new project called the Rural Telemedicine and Telepathology Distance Learning network of Hawaii will bring specialized medical services and distance learning statewide to rural, underserved communities in Hawaii. The project is being funded by a U.S.$500,000 grant from the Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Washington, DC, USA).

Specifically, the new system will provide education and training to medical pathology residents; provide distance-learning services to health professionals, rural patients, and community members; and give rural Hawaiian communities access to specialized medical care, especially for chronic conditions. The primary provider of telepathology and telemedicine applications will be Trestle Holdings, Inc. (Irvine, CA, USA).

“Utilizing remote telepathology will increase our productivity by enabling our pathologists to share information almost instantly,” explained Dr. Glenn Furuya, medical director of Clinical Labs of Hawaii. “This revolutionizes our second-opinion consultations and frozen-section reviews, and reduces the time needed for diagnosis.”

In Hawaii, where communities are separated by the ocean, telepathology can shave days off the time required for a doctor to receive an expert diagnosis of a tissue sample. Currently, slides are shuttled back and forth among the islands by courier, and it can take three to five days for a doctor to get an expert “read” of a slide.