Safety Aspects in Shared Medical it Environment

Abstract

Regional PACS and other shared medical systems are primary intended for sharing medical images. In these systems, the number of users is significantly increased in relation to local systems, and the fact is that the public network is very frequently used for data transfer. As medical data are very sensitive, such situation creates considerable risk regarding privacy, integrity and right to access to these data. This paper includes the most frequent risks and methods to solve these issues as well as recommendations for safe use of cloud computing systems in order to implement these systems.