Systems and devices for encrypting, converting and interacting with medical images

A peripheral conversion and encryption device, comprising:

• a communication interface which is configured to detect an unencrypted medical image file transmitted from at least one medical imaging device to at least one destination device, wherein the unencrypted medical image file comprising medical data and meta data, the medical data having a medical data format;
• an image converter configured to convert the medical data format associated with the medical data based on standardized medical data format specifications that correlate with an output destination type to create a converted unencrypted medical image file;
• an encryption processor coupled with a memory, the encryption processor configured to encrypt the converted unencrypted medical image file to create an encrypted medical image file based on a type of encryption associated with the medical image file, and transmit the encrypted medical image file to at least one destination device via the communication interface.