Keeping Patient Images Safe: Your Guide to Secure Medical Storage
When you store sensitive patient scans and images, you're handling some of the most private health information possible. Modern medical imaging data storage needs to balance security with accessibility, ensuring doctors can quickly access what they need while keeping patient data safe from breaches. The stakes are high—a single breach costs healthcare organizations an average of $10.1 million, according to IBM's 2023 Cost of Data Breach Report. More importantly, your patients trust you with their most personal information. Key Components of Secure Medical Image Storage A truly secure system needs several layers of protection working together. Here's what your storage solution should include: 1. Encryption That Actually Works Strong encryption transforms readable data into protected code that can only be unlocked with the right key. You should implement: ● At-rest encryption to protect stored images ● ...