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UnHack the Podcast: Children's Hospital Code Dark Plan with Laurie Campbell and Rick McIntosh

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April 28, 2026: When a hospital goes dark, the first 72 hours are everything. Laurie Campbell, Senior Manager of Clinical Ancillary Applications and Enterprise Imaging, and Rick McIntosh, VP and the Chief Technology Officer, at Children’s Hospital Colorado, break down the phased Code Dark response framework her team developed for ransomware attacks. They walk through real examples: how the supply chain keeps inventory moving without its systems, and how the radiology team built a sneakernet process to keep radiologists reading images even when the PACS environment is completely unreachable. This isn't theoretical. It's the result of years of workflow mapping, vendor co-development, and hard conversations across the entire organization.

Key Points:

  • 03:12 Why Resilience Matters
  • 07:18 Launching Code Dark
  • 14:06 Workflow to Paper Playbooks
  • 19:15 Twilight Tech Workarounds
  • 27:03 Partners Lessons and Wrap

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