Ascension gave updates on what Florida patients can do after it confirmed it is a victim of ransomware attacks.
– Appointments postponed, multiple systems down following ‘cybersecurity incident’ at Ascension hospitalsRandy Lockwood said he’s a patient of Ascension St. Vincent’s on the Southside, and he was told his doctor’s office’s fax lines are not operational.
“You could probably hand deliver them everything, but a lot of places they want the fax to come through because they want to verify that it actually came from the doctor, and not the patient itself,” Lockwood said. In Florida, doctor’s offices, urgent care centers, and walk-in clinics are operating at normal hours--though there may be some delays because they can’t use computerized records.
The cyberattack prompted the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center to issue an advisory saying that hackers targeting the healthcare sector are accelerating their criminal efforts.Our priority remains on providing safe patient care. Ascension, with the support of leading cybersecurity experts, worked around the clock to respond to the ransomware incident affecting our systems. We are focused on restoring systems safely.
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