Patent ID: 8756437

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for providing access to securely stored medical data comprising: a database configured to store a decryption password for decrypting encrypted medical data stored on a portable medium, wherein the decryption password is generated from a non-user ID, medically related information identified by a DICOM tag; a secure interface configured to authenticate a request for decryption of the encrypted medical data stored on the portable medium; and a password retrieval service configured to: receive the authenticated request from the secure interface; receive non-user ID, medically related information identified by at least one DICOM tag; retrieve from the database a decryption password uniquely associated with the encrypted medical data stored on the portable medium, wherein the portable medium is associated with one decryption password; communicate the decryption password for accessing the encrypted medical data stored on the portable medium; access a security mechanism stored on the portable medium by comparing the communicated decryption password with a decryption key associated with the portable medium; and when there is a match, transform the encrypted medical data stored on the portable medium into a format accessible by the user, wherein the decryption key is used to decrypt the encrypted medical data into plaintext.