Patent ID: 8108228

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for preventing data loss of medical files at a medical facility, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving by a computing system an electronic notification that or determining by the computing system that a medical file has been at least created or modified in at least one of a radiology information system, a hospital information system, a picture archiving and communication system, an image server, and other medical system of the medical facility; modifying or causing modification by the computing system of the medical file by removing a first patient identifier associated with a patient and replacing the first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the medical facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and a storage facility uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and transferring or causing transfer automatically by the computing system the medical file from the medical facility to the storage facility, wherein the computing system comprises at least a computer processor and an electronic storage device.