Global medical imaging repository

A method for acquiring, hosting and distributing medical imaging records comprising:

• splitting a medical imaging record into personal information and non-personal information;
• encrypting said personal information and adding an encryption key;
• storing said personal information into a database and said non-personal information into a plurality of nodes;
• transmitting said personal information to a target node from said database in said cloud services,
• transmitting said non-personal information to said target node from a node within said plurality of nodes in said cloud services;
• and
• displaying said record on a record consumer computer, wherein said personal information is decrypted using said encryption key and coupled with said non-personal information to form said medical imaging record.

A system for distributing medical records comprising:

• a cloud service comprising a database and a repository for storing a medical imaging record, wherein personal information is divided from said medical imaging record, encrypted and stored within said database and at least one image is divided from said medical imaging record and stored in said repository, said repository having a number of nodes horizontally scalable to provide said at least one image;
• an interface connected to said cloud service for:
• accessing said database in said cloud service configuration to retrieve said personal information;
• accessing said repository in said cloud service configuration to retrieve said at least one image;
• and
• transmitting said personal information and said at least one image to a user to reform said medical imaging record.

A medical image system comprising:

• a source node splitting a medical imaging record into non-personal information and personal information;
• a number of computing devices communicatively coupled in a computing environment to form a repository, wherein each computing device includes an amount of storage for said non-personal information from said medical imaging record;
• and
• a database storing said personal information from said medical imaging record, wherein said personal information is encrypted before being stored within said database.