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No more medical images over WhatsApp

SharingPortal · Free
Share the complete DICOM study through a secure link and open it in a web viewer. No photos of the screen, no CD, nothing to install. Free, for physicians and patients.
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Why not over chat

Over WhatsApp or any messaging app, a handful of compressed images travel with the patient’s details in plain sight, saved on every phone in the chat. In Colombia, Law 1581 (the country’s data protection law) treats health data as sensitive data.

A photo of the monitor is not a study

Photos over chat

  • A few loose images, picked by whoever sends them
  • Compressed, and often photographed off a screen
  • A still image you cannot scroll through
  • The patient’s name stays in the gallery and backups of every phone

SharingPortal

  • The complete study, with every series
  • The DICOM file, not a photo of it
  • Scroll slice by slice in a web viewer
  • Anonymized when uploaded without an account, and with an expiry date
How it works

Three steps, and the recipient just opens a link

  1. 01

    Upload the study

    Load the study’s DICOM files, for example the ones on the CD or USB drive the imaging center gave you.

  2. 02

    Protect the patient’s identity

    Upload without an account and the study is anonymized automatically. With an account, you choose whether to anonymize it.

  3. 03

    Share the link

    Send it by WhatsApp, email or however you like: what travels is the link, not the images. The recipient opens the study in the web viewer.

Two ways to use it

No sign-up, or a free account

No account

For a one-off share.

  • No sign-up
  • Automatic anonymization
  • Short lifetime, long enough to share

Free account

Recommended

For people who share studies often.

  • 10 GB of storage
  • 60-day retention
  • Public share link
  • You decide whether to anonymize each study

Free accounts will stay free, always.

Use cases

For whoever sends and whoever receives

Physicians

  • A patient arrives with a CD from another institution

    Upload it and share it with the colleague who needs to see it, without depending on the CD’s viewer to work.

  • A second read from a subspecialist

    Send the complete study, not three screenshots, and your colleague scrolls through it in the browser from wherever they are.

  • Tumor boards and teaching cases

    Share the anonymized case with the team or your residents, without patient details circulating in a group chat.

Patients

  • A second opinion in another city

    Send your complete study to the specialist through a link, without mailing the CD or traveling to drop it off.

  • Your specialist sees it before the appointment

    Share the link ahead of time and arrive at the visit with the study already reviewed.

  • Your computer has no CD drive

    Upload it once from a computer that has one, then open it on your phone or wherever you need it.

A separate product

SharingPortal is standalone and open to anyone. It is not part of our RIS/PACS platform, nor of the patient and referring physician portals that institutions provide to their users.

You do not need to be a NOVA Imaging customer or run a RIS/PACS

Who uses itSharingPortalAnyone: patients and physiciansRIS/PACS platform portalsPatients and physicians of an institution that runs NOVA Imaging
Where studies come fromSharingPortalYou upload themRIS/PACS platform portalsThey arrive from the institution’s PACS, with their report
How long they staySharingPortalTemporary: up to 60 days with a free accountRIS/PACS platform portalsWhatever the institution sets for its archive
CostSharingPortalFreeRIS/PACS platform portalsIncluded in the platform the institution subscribes to
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What it is not

Built for sharing, not for keeping

Studies have a limited lifetime: use without an account is temporary, and a free account keeps them for 60 days. SharingPortal does not replace an institution’s image archive or the retention medical records require. Always keep your original copy.

How long to retain diagnostic images in Colombia

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Frequently asked questions

Why not just send the images over WhatsApp?

Because only a few compressed images arrive, without the rest of the series, and with the patient’s details saved on every phone in the chat. With SharingPortal you share the complete study through a link, and uploads without an account are anonymized automatically. The link itself you can send over WhatsApp.

How much does SharingPortal cost?

Use without an account and the free account cost nothing. Free accounts will stay free, always.

Do I have to be a NOVA Imaging patient or customer to use it?

No. SharingPortal is a standalone product: anyone with a study in DICOM format can use it, wherever the study was done.

What does it mean that the study is anonymized?

Before it is shared, the information that identifies the patient, such as their name and ID number, is removed from the study data. It always applies when you upload without an account; with an account you can choose.

How long does the study stay available?

Without an account, the lifetime is short, meant for sharing. With the free account, 60 days. SharingPortal is not an archive: always keep your original copy.

Does the person receiving the link have to install anything?

No. The images open in the browser, on a computer, a tablet or a phone.

Is it the same as my clinic’s patient portal?

No. The NOVA Imaging patient and referring physician portals are part of the RIS/PACS platform an institution subscribes to, and studies arrive there automatically with their report. SharingPortal is standalone: you upload the study and decide who to share it with.

Your next study, by link

No photos of the screen and no CD. Upload it, share it and let them open it in the browser. Free.

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