Methods and systems managing protected health information (PHI) on a medical display are provided. The systems and methods detect a plurality of communication links between a medical device and a plurality of remote system and display the medical device and the plurality of remote system as corresponding graphical icons on a display. The systems and methods further determine encryption levels for the plurality of communication links and display connection graphics representing the plurality of communication links. Each connection graphic is positioned between the medical device and one of the remote systems having a visual feature corresponding to an encryption level of a communication link between the medical device and the one of the remote systems.
