A ransomware attack on a major U.S. hospital network is endangering patients' health as nurses are forced to manually enter prescription information and work without electronic health records.
A ransomware attack on a major U.S. hospital network that began three weeks ago is endangering patients' health as nurses are forced to manually enter prescription information and work without electronic health records, nurses at two hospitals affected by the cyberattack told CNN.'It's putting patients' lives in danger,' said a nurse who works at Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital, a 290-bed facility about 25 miles north of downtown Detroit.
'Exorbitant' wait times for lab resultsIn statements to the press, Ascension has said that its staff are 'appropriately trained to maintain high quality care during downtime.'But the nurses interviewed by CNN say that the shift to paper records and manual operations is taking a toll on hospital operations.
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