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In May, a cyberattack upended operations at St. Louis-based Ascension, the biggest Catholic health system in the U.S. For weeks, the attack affected patient care at Ascension's Michigan hospitals ...
Patient portals are healthcare-related online applications that allow patients to interact and communicate with their healthcare providers, such as physicians and hospitals. Typically, portal services are available on the Internet at all hours of the day and night.
Medical data, including patients' identity information, health status, disease diagnosis and treatment, and biogenetic information, not only involve patients' privacy but also have a special sensitivity and important value, which may bring physical and mental distress and property loss to patients and even negatively affect social stability and national security once leaked.
Healthcare providers from across the sector were also in attendance and voiced their concerns about the ongoing financial and operational impacts of the Change cyberattack. [60] [61] As of April 16, 2024, UnitedHealth Group had advanced payments of over $6 billion in assistance to health care providers affected by the cybersecurity attack. [62]
In California, the company has seven hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties including two behavioral health facilities and a 130-bed acute care hospital in Los Angeles, according to Prospect ...
UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it’s paid out more than $2 billion to help health-care providers who have been affected by the cyberattack on subsidiary Change Healthcare.
Providing patients with information is central to patient-centered health care and this has been shown to have some positive effects on health outcomes. [20] Providing patients with access to their health records including medical histories and test results via an electronic health record is a legal right in some parts of the world. [20]
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has advised health systems to disconnect from Change Healthcare and to create alternate plans in the event the attack continues for longer than expected.