A hospital in the U.S. once faced a ransomware attack that froze access to patient files—forcing clinicians to pause treatments because they couldn’t access PHI. Disruptions like this are far from rare.
Lesson: It’s not only about patient care in the ward—behind the scenes, encrypting PHI, training staff in HIPAA protocols, and conducting risk assessments can be the firewall between health care and chaos.
👉 How protected is your data infrastructure today?
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A hospital in the U.S. once faced a ransomware attack that froze access to patient files—forcing clinicians to pause treatments because they couldn’t access PHI. Disruptions like this are far from rare.
Lesson:
It’s not only about patient care in the ward—behind the scenes, encrypting PHI, training staff in HIPAA protocols, and conducting risk assessments can be the firewall between health care and chaos.
👉 How protected is your data infrastructure today?
References (short APA):
Loh & Callison, 2023 — PMC
HIPAA Journal, 2024 — HIPAA Journal
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