Ascension, a health system with 140 hospitals and operations in 19 states and Washington, D.C. that said it suffered a data breach this week, said Thursday that its electronic health records system was “currently unavailable” and that it was pausing some non-emergency elective procedures at its hospitals “out of an abundance of caution.”
The nonprofit and Catholic health system said that on Wednesday it detected “unusual activity on select technology network systems.” In an update on Thursday, Ascension referred to the data breach as a “cybersecurity incident” and said that it was working “around the clock with internal and external advisors to investigate, contain, and restore our systems following a thorough validation and screening process.” The nonprofit had already said that it was using Mandiant to assist in the investigation and remediation process.
How long have I been asking WHO GAVE HOSPITALS/DOCTORS PERMISSION TO UPLOAD OUR MEDICAL RECORDS TO A CLOUD?
