Southeast hospitals impacted by cyberattack on OneBlood
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Contributed by: Drex DeFord
Summary
OneBlood, a nonprofit blood provider serving several states, is experiencing a ransomware attack that has significantly disrupted its operations. This has led hospitals to implement conservation strategies, impacting patient care. OneBlood continues to operate at reduced capacity without specifying when normal operations will resume. The American Hospital Association (AHA) is coordinating with state and federal bodies, including the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), to manage the situation. The AHA and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center released a bulletin highlighting the need for hospitals to integrate third-party suppliers into their risk management plans due to increasing ransomware attacks on critical healthcare providers.
