Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

WannaCry Ransomware Attack Should Make Urgent Care Operators Wanna Take Action

In the wake of the recent WannaCry ransomware attacks that left hospitals shaken—and showed there’s no such thing as being too prepared for cyber threats—the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is urging hospitals and large healthcare providers to step up their own security measures. However, every healthcare operation, including single-unit urgent care centers, should increase their vigilance for and institute practices to guard against such attacks. HHS recommends that all workers in healthcare …

Greenway Health Suffers Direct Hit in Ransomware Attack, Affecting EHR Platform

Greenway Health has acknowledged that some of its customers lost full use of the company’s Intergy electronic health records platform due to a recent ransomware attack. The company says it expects minimal loss of data, and that there is no evidence to suggest that any patient data has been misused at this time. Greenway has vowed to support affected practices, and maintains that no further problems are expected, either on Intergy or its other platforms.