Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed still has 13 services and practice locations closed as of Wednesday, four days into a malware-related cybersecurity incident that knocked out the four-hospital system’s phones, internet and computer systems.
Closed locations include imaging sites in Anderson, Cannon, Clemson and Piedmont, heart and vascular diagnostics at two locations, the noninvasive cardiovascular lab, radiation oncology, women’s diagnostics, transcranial magnetic stimulation (aka TMS) and sleep diagnostics, one laboratory services site and the Impressions Appearance Shoppe. Outpatient infusion is operating on limited hours.
Most of AnMed’s primary care, specialty and behavioral health offices have reopened, along with its emergency departments and urgent care locations.
“We are making progress in restoring systems safely and securely while working alongside federal and state authorities and third-party specialists in response to a cybersecurity incident involving malware,” AnMed stated. Protecting patients and providing safe care remain the health system’s top priorities, the organization added.
AnMed first disclosed the incident July 26 and has not said whether it involved ransomware or data exfiltration.
AnMed is South Carolina’s largest independent nonprofit health system. It is licensed for 648 beds, anchored by AnMed Medical Center in Anderson, and serves nearly 4,000 employees and nearly 60 physician practice sites across upstate South Carolina and northeast Georgia.
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