Cyberattacks threaten the provider-patient relationship by eroding patient trust.  They also expose providers to lost revenues and penalties under HIPAA rules that require the protection of patient data.   

Simplifying the IT landscape can help secure data. As the  number of interfaces goes up, so does risk. This is because each interface provides a potential target for hackers. This is especially so for legacy systems that have obsolete security measures. 

But it is more than just a target rich environment that makes healthcare providers with a lot of disparate systems vulnerable. Interfaces break; they become asynchronous -- much to the delight of hackers.

When dysfunction occurs, risk can still be minimized by controlling the flow of patient data. The more information transmitted from one information technology to another, the greater the chance  that a hacker will gain access to patient information that can be sold on the black market.  
By  selectively extracting data from other IT systems and presenting just those bits of information, Imaging Fellow reduces vulnerability. 

Access to patient data may be critical to the proper management of care.  And there are times when, for one reason or another, a caregiver who needs that access may not have it.  Vendors typically offer "break-the-glass" functionality in such cases. But that functionality should be the very rare exception to the rules that govern access to patient data. And it should provide very selective information about the patient.