Becker's Healthcare November 11, 2024
Eduardo Conrado, president of St. Louis-based Ascension, discussed the health system’s May ransomware attack at a Nov. 8 United Nations Security Council meeting.
The council met to discuss strategies for countering cyberattacks in healthcare, according to a Nov. 8 news release from the U.N.
Ascension’s response to the May 8 ransomware attack cost the health system approximately $130 million. The attack forced its hospitals and clinics off its EHR system and disrupted key diagnostic services, including MRIs and CT scans.
It took 37 days to fully restore Ascension’s systems, Mr. Conrado wrote in a Nov. 10 LinkedIn post about his briefing at the meeting.
“Overnight, nurses were unable to quickly look up patient records from the computer stations and were...
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