Healthcare cyberattacks mentioned in call to revive pandemic preparedness law
Healthcare cybersecurity should be essential to conversations in the country’s pandemic retort, as evidenced by the spate of cyberattacks launched against “hospital networks when they were at their most helpless,” commented Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio.
“Cybersecurity is so vitally crucial to not only preventing ransomware attacks on hospital networks and securing the safety of patients’ personal information but also to our national security,” he stated. “Nobody’s on the frontlines with that problem more than hospitals, who are combating cyber threats day-to-day.”
‘We are in crisis’: Nurses, lieutenant governor cries for more funds to tackle healthcare workforce
May 18, 2023 : Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, with over 40 years of experience operating as a certified nursing assistant in the Milwaukee area, Demetrica Shipp only newly started earning $16 an hour. Her earnings make it cost-prohibitive for her to pay for health insurance.
