Hospital system administrators in San Diego are keeping a close eye on the East Coast where the states of New York and Massachusetts have already ordered.
Natalie Schleiger is one of 35 employees terminated by Scripps Health. She gave up a $45,000 a year job in its credentialing department, saying vaccination.
Jun 22, 2021 3:45pm
Patients have filed several class-action lawsuits claiming Scripps Health was negligent in its failure to protect patient data from breaches. (matejmo/Getty Images)
It took several weeks for Scripps Health to get its computer network and medical records system back online after it was hit with a ransomware attack May 1.
Now, the five-hospital health system is facing several class-action lawsuits from patients who charge that system leaders failed to keep their medical data safe from hackers.
San Diego-based Scripps Health was besieged by a cyberattack that forced the health system to take a portion of its IT system offline for several weeks, which significantly disrupted care and forced medical personnel to use paper records.
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