Thaidan T Pham, Theoren M Loo, Atul Malhotra, Christopher A Longhurst, Diana Hylton, Christian Dameff, Jeffrey Tully, Gabriel Wardi, Rebecca E Sell, Alex K Pearce
OBJECTIVES: Healthcare ransomware cyberattacks have been associated with major regional hospital disruptions, but data reporting patient-oriented outcomes in critical conditions such as cardiac arrest (CA) are limited. This study examined the CA incidence and outcomes of untargeted hospitals adjacent to a ransomware-infected healthcare delivery organization (HDO). DESIGN SETTING AND PATIENTS: This cohort study compared the CA incidence and outcomes of two untargeted academic hospitals adjacent to an HDO under a ransomware cyberattack during the pre-attack (April 3-30, 2021), attack (May 1-28, 2021), and post-attack (May 29, 2021-June 25, 2021) phases...
April 2024: Critical care explorations