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Cyberattack on health tech firm cripples US military pharmacies worldwide

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Mary Wilson

Well-known member
February 22, 2024

By WYATT OLSON
STARS AND STRIPES

A cyberattack Wednesday on one of America’s largest health care technology companies has left U.S. military pharmacies worldwide unable to fill prescriptions, the Defense Health Agency said Thursday. “A reported cyberattack on the nation’s largest commercial prescription processor, Change Healthcare, has affected military clinics and hospitals worldwide,” DHA said in a statement. Change Healthcare disconnected its systems on Wednesday to protect patient information, according to the agency. “This is impacting all military pharmacies worldwide and some retail pharmacies nationally,” DHA said. Change Healthcare is part of Optum, a health technology company acquired by UnitedHealth Group in 2022. Change Healthcare processes patient payments for many health care entities, including pharmacies, in the United States. ...

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us...military-pharmacy-prescriptions-13087693.html
 
Prescriptions nationwide impacted by cyber incident at Change Healthcare

February 22, 2024

Pharmacies across the country are running into issues filling prescriptions due to a cyber incident affecting a multibillion-dollar healthcare conglomerate involved in processing half of all medical claims in the U.S.

Nashville-based Change Healthcare first announced disruptions to certain applications early on Wednesday, before saying in the afternoon that the company was “experiencing a network interruption related to a cyber security issue.”

On Thursday, it issued another update, saying: “Once we became aware of the outside threat, in the interest of protecting our partners and patients, we took immediate action to disconnect our systems to prevent further impact.” ...

https://therecord.media/prescriptions-nationwide-impacted-by-change-healthcare-incident
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