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They would be if they're entering actual patient data into Google, which would be silly (Android voice recognition would be less silly, since doctors do use voice recognition software for dictation, though in my experience this is usually something locally-installed on a PC, like DragonSpeak).

The problem is that, by way of Windows 10 effectively having a keylogger installed, pretty much any EMR accessed via a Windows 10 machine is automatically insecure, since the data entered into said EMR is being sniffed and sent to a third party. If Microsoft experiences any sort of data breach, hospitals throughout the U.S. will be having a HIPAA/HITECH hell-day.



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