4 cyberattacks affecting patient services

Cyberattacks can be enormously disruptive to hospital infrastructure and services.

Here are four cyberattacks disrupting patient services:

1. Idaho Falls, Idaho-based Mountain View Hospital closed some clinics due to a cyberattack.
2. A cyberattack disrupted wait times and led to delays in imaging, lab results and MyChart messages at Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare.
3. Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter had to shut down for a week to rebuild its network after a cyberattack.
4. Rushville, Ill.-based Culbertson Memorial Hospital was forced to go offline because of a cyberattack.