U.S. hospitals prone to cyberattacks like one that hurt patient care at Ascension

A cyberattack on Ascension, a health system with 140 hospitals, has led to patient care issues including medication errors and delayed or lost lab results. The May 8 ransomware attack disrupted the systems responsible for coordinating patient care. Clinicians claim their hospitals were unprepared for the disruption, relying on makeshift workarounds such as handwritten notes and faxes. Ascension claims its care teams were trained for such disruptions, but some clinicians claimed they had no training for a cyberattack.