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Hospitals, the nation’s #1 coffee shop and Lubbock trending on AirBnB made business headlines this week, so let’s delve into those topics.
We are now more than three weeks into ongoing cybersecurity issues at UMC Health System and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. Details have remained difficult to obtain, but we do know the medical institutions are still being impacted. TTUHSC had to change how its employees logged hours. UMC patients recently regained access to the MyTeamCare patient portal, and the center could use the Electronic Health Record system and the Find-a-Physician page.
Neither organization has stated if patients’ information is at risk.
While Covenant Health has managed to not be hit by the cybersecurity event, it is feeling the pressure of being the only one fully operational. Hurricane Helene also damaged a Baxter manufacturing facility in North Carolina, which prompted a shortage of IV fluid. The shortage, paired with already draining supply, led to Covenant pausing elective surgeries for the time being.