Anatomy of a Cyberattack

Recorded On: 09/15/2021

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Our hospital was the victim of a massive cyberattack, which has been reported as one of the 5 most significant cyberattack events in the U.S. healthcare system in 2020 (Becker IT December 2020). The event resulted in a network-wide shutdown of all computer systems with some outages lasting over 40 days. This event had a significant impact on our institution and patient care, and crippled lab operations. Having just transitioned to EPIC/Beaker one year prior, we immediately lost all access to our health information management (HIM) system in Anatomic Pathology, paralyzing our ability to process and result specimens. With an HIM system outage of longer than 25 days, we focused on developing systems to help regain operations, establishing new manual workflows and paper reporting. With more laboratories transitioning to network HIM systems such as EPIC/Beaker, we are increasingly vulnerable to the threats of cyberattacks and prolonged downtimes. We would like to share our experiences and lessons learned to help others prepare for continued and increasing threats to cybersecurity.

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Valerie Cortright, HTL(ASCP)QIHC

Valerie Cortright received her Bachelor of Arts at St. Joseph's College of Maine and completed her clinical training at University of Vermont Medical Center. Ms. Cortright currently serves as the Supervisor in Histopathology at the University of Vermont Medical Center, where she has worked for over 15 years. She is actively involved in the National Society for Histotechnology and the VT/NH Society of Histotechnology.  Ms. Cortright sits on the CAP/NSH HQIP Committee and has served as a grader for that program the past several years. Ms. Cortright has a specific interest in QA/QC and has presented talks and posters at multiple conferences.

Anne Stowman, MD

Dermatopathologist & Assistant Professor

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Anatomy of a Cyberattack
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Open to view video. Learning Objectives: 1) Provide awareness of the impact that an extended, multisystem downtime can have on the Anatomic Pathology lab. 2) Illustrate the necessity of an Incident Command Structure and effective communication system within the Anatomic Pathology lab. 3) Understand the impact on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance measures in the setting of an extended downtime.
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