This page is dedicated to the installation process for Dragon Medical Practice Edition.
We've received numerous reports of email scams saying there's a new version of Dragon Medical Practice Edition (version 4.3) available. This is not true. The software has been fully discontinued since March 31, 2021, and was sunset on March 31, 2022. The last official version released was 4.3.1 as a final maintenance patch on June 6, 2021. Anyone claiming to sell this version of software is a scammer, likely selling stolen serial numbers or reselling previously sold serials.
A similar scam involves the sale of extended support contracts for Dragon Medical Practice Edition. There are no extended support contracts for this software. License activation servers will be fully shut down soon and no longer allow installation. The software has not been supported since March 31, 2022 (and is no longer HIPAA-compliant because of this - see next section).
HIPAA Security Rule 45 C.F.R. § 164.308 require best-effort to avoid leaking Protected Health Information (PHI). These include risks such as using unpatched and vulnerable software:
With Dragon Medical Practice Edition reaching end-of-support on March 31st, 2022, all medical providers should strongly consider removing the software.
The old versions of the software maintain very large files on the providers workstations which contain actual dictations. Without updates to continually safeguard these files, they put providers at risk of leaking protected healthcare information in the event of a computer breach.
Dragon Medical Practice Edition does not, and will not, support Windows 11. Since it has been fully discontinue, no updates will be released.
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