Healthcare Innovation November 17, 2020
Several weeks after ransomware attacks, systems remain down and patient care is still disrupted
Health systems victimized by the recent wave of cyberattacks continue to face disruptions to care. For instance, in a recent statement, University of Vermont Health Network CEO John Brumsted, M.D., said his organization doesn’t yet have a timeframe for full recovery and restoration.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has called the Vermont National Guard into service to bolster UVM Health Network resources. Yet despite daily gains, the University of Vermont Medical Center and other sites are experiencing outages across a number of systems.
They now have read-only access to their Epic EHR. This gives providers access to patients’ existing health records up to Oct. 28. There...