In another case of a hospital network being upended by a cyberattack, One Brooklyn Health, a medical group that delivers care in East and Central Brooklyn, New York, has had to revert to antiquated healthcare practices following a breach of its computer system.
A network of three hospitals in Brooklyn, New York, has had to work off paper charts for weeks following a cyberattack on its computer systems in late November, the hospital group’s chief executive told CNN Monday.
The hack affected “clinical applications,” including “those used for imaging and other critical services,” but many of those applications have been restored, One Brooklyn Health CEO LaRay Brown said in an email.
It’s an example of how hacking incidents have continued to hamper hospitals as the coronavirus pandemic drags on — and of how recovering from the hacks can be painstaking and disruptive for hospital staff.
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