The Honeycomb advanced image exchange was built around the concept of sharing images with healthcare professionals so that they can bring a better quality of care to their patients. Developed by the experts at OffSite Image Management, llc., Honeycomb assists hospitals and clinics in rural areas with a means to take their images from their facilities and transmit them to specialists at other facilities, including those in urban areas.
Radiology service providers are no longer using film as a medium. Most have gone to digital imaging, 
and for many reasons. First on the list, arguably, is cost. Second is the ease with which digital images can be shared. Finally, storage is much less of an issue with digital images than the antiquated film method. Doctors and specialists are also phasing out, quickly, the use of CDs as a means of sharing their images.
What exactly is Honeycomb? Essentially, it’s a layer of software that connects disparate digital silos. This connection gives healthcare providers the means to transfer digital images and data in a secure and efficient method. Essential to OffSite’s mission is also to include a vendor neutral platform. External threats don’t have a chance against Honeycomb as it stores and protects data with a technology that is trademarked. At the same time, Honeycomb makes these images and data available to the authorized individuals when they need them, 24/7.
DICOM exchanges are in great need now that healthcare providers face more strict and penalty-heavy provisions that protect patient data. The growth of digital imaging has only increased the need for DICOM exchange. The patient behavior has also pushed this need as patients seek out the opinions of more than one doctor and more than one specialist in getting to the bottom of their healthcare needs. Honeycomb advanced image exchange has great potential in this field as it has already provided a level of expertise that other DICOM exchanges have failed to achieve.
One of the advantages of the Honeycomb vendor neutral archiving system is that it reduces bottlenecks as well as costs. The exchange platform is built so that when information is entered, the people who need access to it can easily gain that access. What’s particularly exciting about this platform is that the data stored on it can be pushed to separate PACS platforms, which is of extreme value to medical professionals who struggle with other platforms that have difficulty communicating with disparate silos.
Honeycomb is not only a means to share data, but it also helps to provide disaster recovery options, which are also crucial in staying compliant with regulations and keeping healthcare facilities confident that no matter what disaster strikes, their valuable data will always be available to them.
The experts behind Honeycomb and OffSite are IT and radiology professionals who know what the industry needs in order to provide the best patient care.