Answers for Hospital Data Silo Problems, Including the “Honeycomb” System for Images

by Offsite | Jul 25, 2014 | Blog, Honeycomb Exchange

Everything is going digital. If you work in the healthcare industry, you know this better than anyone as your organization struggles to digitize patient records. Most healthcare providers have already spent many, many hours digitalizing patient information for their...

Legendary Data Breaches: How Virtual CD Could Have Saved 1 Million Patient Images Lost on One CD

by Offsite | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Virtual CD

It’s difficult being on the receiving end of a HIPAA violation; just ask any one of the many healthcare providers who have mistakenly lost patient information, either through a breach in the firewall, a lost or stolen laptop or a lost CD with medical imaging burned...

Small Hospitals, Meaningful Use and PACS Certification: Will Too Many be Too Far Behind by 2015?

by Offsite | Jul 8, 2014 | Blog, PACS

“It takes a team effort” is a trite phrase, but it’s something IT professionals in the medical industry know holds a lot of truth, especially as the industry braces for the changes they face as Meaningful Use standards drop. Small and rural hospitals are at particular...

Radiology Image Transmission Problems Solved in Louisiana

by Offsite | Jul 4, 2014 | Blog, Radiology Information

Few medical providers can say that they’ve had zero radiology image transmission problems in their history, especially their recent history as they prepare for Stage 2 of Meaningful Use. However, one provider in Louisiana recently shared its success story with a...

Surprising Hospital Data? Only Small Handful of Hospitals Reached Stage 2

by Offsite | Jul 1, 2014 | Blog, Hospital Data Loss, Hospital Data Storage

According to the federal government, the outlook for healthcare professionals achieving acceptable levels of Stage 2 meaningful use is not well. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported recently that a total of four hospitals have met the standards...