Ohayu -based Kettering Health, which is based last Friday, May 23, announced that it had climbed an urgent clinical support line in emergency situations and temporary communication numbers for retail retail to ensure continued sponsorship during the system of information technology at the system level.
The health system also said on social media during the weekend that the patients had returned to radiotherapy thanks to the commitment of its technical and secular employees.
Why do it matter
Online network on Kettering, which started on May 20, has a limited access to patient care, which resulted in the abolition of optional surgeries, the closure of the communication center and text message services.
While the emergency rooms and clinics remained open across 14 medical centers and more than 120 facilities for external patients, other local hospitals were called to provide important care for patients.
“We want to publicly express our appreciation to the Greater Dayon and North Cincinnati hospital network, especially Dietton for children and their pioneers, as they partnership with us to care for society during this time,” Mike Genter, CEO of Kettering, said in a statement on Friday. Technology interruption update page.
On Monday, Cincinnati NBC WLWT5 reported that the patient’s health portal gate was not affected by the accident.
“What we know now is that applications like mychart and those things were not affected,” said John Weimer, Senior Vice President for accidents at Kettering Health. story. “Internally, we still understand our partners if we have an employee or the patient’s information we have endangered.”
Weimer also confirmed that the attackers have published a visual message via the Kettering network, giving the Foundation 72 hours to communicate and negotiate a ransom batch. Previously, CNN mentioned Ransomwari Memorandum It led to the Ransomware Gang’s blackmail.
“Thousands of our computers, there [were] He said that the pop -up messages that speak to some demands, but there was no direct conversation with us so far on them.
Kettering pledged to focus on quickly restore systems. On Monday, the health system was published video To social media that included radioactive tumor technology that dates back to the Internet to treat patients.
“What usually takes weeks to return online back within five days,” according to the video.
“We now know patients who have active radiotherapy plans again,” said Dr. Anthony Paravati. Then he attributed the employees to their sacrifices to work during the weekend day of anniversary to make systems, operate and use them to provide patients with life -saving treatment.
Sarah Maki, a radiologist, added, the day and time of dates, it does not matter the sponsorship providers. “We are here for them, whatever it is.”
Christopher Winsterom, a technical physicist in Kettering, called it “amazing achievement” to watch the linear speed on the Internet in the short time frame.
The biggest direction
Kettering not only faced a ransom attack that started on the morning of May 20, but also faced at the end of the day that a The phone fraud process Her patients quickly targeted.
People who claim to be members of the team were asking for credit card numbers to pay the required medical bills. As a result, the health system said that it had stopped specific bills activities until further notice.
Consider and investigate the threat crimes of life, A recovery from electronic health care attacks is very important for patient safetyJohn Regi, National Cyber Security Adviser and the danger of the American Association of Hospitals, said, Health care news.
“You will have to make a battlefield call without all the facts, under coercion, under time restrictions, in the face of a discount that will change the path based on what you are doing,” he said.
When the hospital is closed by Ransomware, neighboring hospitals are also tense.
“We need to plan a regional to the very destructive ransom attacks that will have a regional impact,” he said. “We have seen it over and over again.”
Reggie advised to take advantage of resources such as mutual aid agreements to handle business and clinical continuity when he threatens the electronic attack Three to four weeks of stopping.
In the record
“At the end of the day, it comes to life,” Dr. Matthew Kancht said in the advertisement of social media in Kettering. “You don’t want to be [the patient’s] A problem at the end of the day. Our problem is still. We found a way to achieve this. “
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