This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. Aspects of this disclosure include a robotic disc burning system that can receive a request to record medical image data on the data storage medium. The system includes, among other components, an auditing component configured to transmit to an audit module audit data that includes an identifier associated with the data storage medium, an identifier associated with a requester of the recording request, and an identifier associated with a patient associated with the medical image data. Additional aspects of this disclosure include an associated method for recording medical image data.