It’s become painfully obvious that cybersecurity is critical to enabling clinicians to provide quality care to their patients. This week, a hospital in Illinois is closing its doors after a devastating ransomware attack. Recent cyberattacks against CommonSpirit Health compromised the personal data of over 600,000 patients, while Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare had to send emergency patients to other hospitals after their operations were taken offline. These disruptions can lead to delayed care as patients must travel to another hospital or physicians must rely on low-tech ways to deliver care. A recent NPR report highlighted how a hospital in Indiana had to […]
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