Limited data persistence in a medical imaging workflow

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:

• obtaining at least one image of a patient generated by a medical imaging device;
• receiving one or more notes pertaining to the at least one image from an operator of the medical imaging device;
• storing a clean set of images including the at least one image in at least one server;
• annotating the at least one image with the one or more notes to generate a set of annotated images;
• tagging the set of annotated images as non-persistent;
• storing the set of annotated images in the at least one server;
• providing to a physician both the clean set of images and the annotated set of images of the patient stored in the at least one server;
• and
• automatically deleting one or more images tagged as non-persistent from the at least one server after review thereof by the physician.