An employee is entering health information on a computer. An MRI technician receives the medical record from the database, but he decides to download a piece of software to speed up the reading of the record. Why is this inappropriate?

Downloading unapproved software onto a hospital computer can introduce a virus or other harmful program. That software could compromise the computer or damage the database containing private medical records, so the MRI technician should use only approved software.

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