a technique manages medical image data . the technique involves receiving an original medical imaging study that includes a set of medical images and embedded protected patient information . the technique further involves performing a protected patient information removal operation which generates a cloud - storable medical imaging study from the original medical imaging study . the cloud - storable medical imaging study includes the set of medical images but omitting the embedded protected patient information . the technique further involves storing the cloud - storable medical imaging study in a cloud - based medical image repository among other cloud - storable medical image studies . the cloud - based medical image repository is external to the computerized device and public network accessible .