There are various steps to complete when you are switching to digital-based medical image storage solution. Most medical personnel will be accustomed to the use of hardcopies, so proper training is certainly necessary. Not only that, old and new diagnostic images must be properly archived in the storage server. There several methods that are normally used to complete the image acquisition process, and we are going to look into them in this article. Direct streaming from the radiology and other diagnostic tools to the diagnostic image storage server is the best way to go when you want to start storing new diagnostic images digitally. A system will be created so that the images are streamed directly as soon as they are captured. For older images, especially when you are using an online medical image storage solution, the easiest way to go is storing the images in DVDs and let the solution provider do all the uploading and archiving for you. No additional process is required, and you will have all the information stored properly in no time. Of course, hardcopies must be scanned before they can be stored or archived properly. You can complete the task yourself or ask the solution provider to do all the hard work for you.