Read PPLA’s latest announcements, statements, and press releases on our work to protect patient safety and preserve printed medication information.
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Finger Lakes Health Hobbled by Ransomware Attack
Finger Lakes Health Hobbled by Ransomware Attack. Read More
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Why Bots Pose an Increasing Challenge to Healthcare Organizations
Why Bots Pose an Increasing Challenge to Healthcare Organizations. Read More
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Physician Practices Report Lost Revenue and Patient Care Disruptions Following Allscripts Ransomware Attack
This week we saw FierceHealthcare.com, an online publisher that specializes in healthcare news, publish an article outlining the challenges of electronic healthcare applications. Fierce Healthcare’s article noted that physician practices nationwide are reeling from a ransomware attack on Allscripts applications and struggling to provide patient care which is leading to canceled procedures and financial strain.… Read More
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Hancock Health Pays $55K to Release Hospital Files Following Ransomware Attack
FierceHealth.com, an online publisher that specializes in healthcare news, reported today that Hancock Health paid a $55,000 ransom to hackers to regain control of its clinical IT systems at Hancock Regional Hospital. Although the impacted files were backed up, restoring them would have taken days. The hospital’s CEO stated it made sense to pay, given… Read More
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6 Weeks After Going Back to Pen and Paper, Buffalo Hospital CEO Sees Ransomware Attack As a Call to Arms
An article was recently published in FierceHealth.com describing a ransomware attack that paralyzed Erie County Medical Center’s computers, demanding $44,000. Hospital officials refused to pay, and had to rely on backups and borrowed laptops for patient records. ECMC’s CEO Thomas Quatroche emphasized the attack’s gravity, likening it to terrorism. After weeks of recovery, most systems… Read More
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