West Virginia hospital replacing computer system due to Petya cyberattack
The Petya cyberattack which has disrupted hospitals, radiology services and pharmaceutical companies is a forcing one West Virginia facility to scrap its entire computer network.
According to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Princeton Community Hospital is unable to access its electronic health records after the attack, though it said no patient information has been compromised. Services have been continuing, while non-emergency radiology requests have been delayed. To settle the computer issues, the hospital said it has begun replacing all the hard drives on all their devices.
“We are working to replace computer hard drives and to clean access to Meditech, our electronic medical record,” said Rose Morgan, RN, the hospital’s vice president of patient care services. “Several new computers were placed in strategic locations…to enable access to basic patient information from Meditech, such as the patient’s medical history, allergies, current medications, and other vital information to assist us in providing safe, quality patient care.”
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