DICOM Security Ensures Safety and Reduces Exposure

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DICOM Security Ensures Safety and Reduces Exposure
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In addition to delivering the many facets of
patient care and referring physician management,
medical imaging enterprises must contend with
serious security threats to all software
programs. Particular attention must be paid to
DICOM security as patient data breaches in these
protocols can result in costly legal
entanglements, fines, and even criminal penalties.
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• To be most effective,. A DICOM security solution
  should provide
• De-identification - Allows the removal of
  personal identifiers such as name, date of birth
  and social security number so that only the
  owners of the original data can re-identify the
  patient. These additional DICOM security measures
  are especially important if organizations are
  storing their patient data off-site.

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• Authentication - Provides the appropriate level
  of DICOM security authentication needed to ensure
  proper access control and provides mechanisms for
  various applications to securely authenticate
  each other. Detects any tampering or alteration
  of data or images.

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• Adherence - The security option should conform to
  or exceed the recommendations of DICOM Part 15
  regarding adherence to appropriate security
  policies that may be necessary? for a high level
  of DICOM security.

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