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Virginia Mason Franciscan Health getting records back online after ransomware attack
Virginia Mason Franciscan Well being is getting a few of its affected person data methods again on-line after a ransomware assault on its dad or mum firm, CommonSpirit Well being, two weeks in the past.
The hospital group, which has hospitals and clinics in King, Pierce, and Kitsap Counties, needed to take its databases offline at a few of its places after the assault.
Virginia Mason Franciscan Well being informed KIRO Newsradio in an electronic mail that suppliers would now have the ability to entry sufferers’ digital well being data.
“All through this course of, we have now taken steps to guard our methods and keep continuity of care,” the hospital chain mentioned. “We’re solely taking steps to revive methods when it’s secure and safe to take action.”
St. Michael ER in Bremerton nonetheless closed, no reopening date in sight
KIRO 7 TV reviews that Virginia Mason Franciscan sufferers can even once more have the ability to entry their MyChart portals.
“It’ll take a while earlier than we will restore full performance and we constantly work to carry our methods up as rapidly and safely as we will,” the hospital group mentioned.
Nevertheless, sufferers’ troubles don’t seem like over.
The ransomware assault comes on prime of an already difficult staffing state of affairs at Virginia Mason Franciscan’s Silverdale hospital, St. Michael Medical Heart.
Kitsap County resident Brooke Hammett informed KIRO Newsradio’s Gee and Ursula Present that the employees at St. Michael’s emergency room turned her father-in-law away final week, regardless of his regarding medical signs.
“He had actually low blood stress and a few signs that will have prompt that he had sepsis,” Hammett mentioned.
She mentioned her father was on “an hour-long, bumpy ambulance trip” to St. Joseph Medical Heart in Tacoma.
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“There have been lots of points with wait instances on the ER [at St. Michael Medical Center] for months now … it’s only a norm, if it’s a must to go to the ER, you most likely are going to be there for eight hours, 9 hours, until you might be having a life-threatening emergency,” she mentioned.
The hospital system didn’t reply KIRO Newsradio’s questions on which places have been impacted by the ransomware assault, how this will have affected operations, and what number of sufferers have been affected.
The State Division of Well being informed KIRO Newsradio in an electronic mail that it’s receiving “some reviews about issues attributable to the info outage.”
The Kitsap County Well being District mentioned in an electronic mail that it has not obtained any requests for assist from St. Michael Medical Heart.
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Virginia Remains On Top
— By Katie Farthing
Read on for some of the ways Virginia is ranked tops:
Our college life
USA Today rated Charlottesville and Williamsburg as two of the best small college towns in the nation thanks to their rich history, beautiful scenery, and fun daily life.
Our beer
Staunton has the 10th best small town beer scene, according to USA Today.
Our museums
We’re home to the 7th best free museum in the nation, designated by USA Today. The Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax lets visitors write song lyrics and mix mountain music, as well as see live performances.
Our small town food scene
Abingdon may be mini in stature, but it’s high in the small town food scene—number 3 in the country to be exact, according to USA Today.
Our niche neighborhoods
Uniquely charming and underrated, Colonial Village in Arlington is the best place to live, according to Niche. It’s all thanks to a lively nightlife, beautiful parks, highly rated-schools, and a young population of residents.
Our airports
Dulles International Airport is the 11th best in the world and second in the country, according to AirHelp.
This is web-exclusive content from the December 2024 issue.
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How Virginia's voter roll purge could impact the election
Jude Joffe-Block:
There’s a pattern where people have visited the DMV, and they at some point there must have made a mistake on a form where they identified — they marked a box identifying themselves as noncitizens somewhere in those forms. We’re not really sure how exactly this happens.
But after that visit to the DMV, they got a letter in the mail from their local election official, saying, we think you might not be a citizen. Please affirm your citizenship.
We spoke to a voter, Nadra Wilson, who that letter was sent to the wrong address. It got forwarded. By the time she got it, the deadline had already passed. She was able to re-register. We spoke to another voter, Rina Shaw. She did get the letter in the mail letting her know that she had to affirm her citizenship. And she did send it back.
But, even then, she was still not on the rolls. And she was able to call and sort that out. But all of this does take time. Both of those voters did end up voting early this week, though.
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Syracuse football: what to watch for vs Virginia Tech
The Syracuse Orange (5-2, 2-2) welcome the Virginia Tech Hokies (5-3, 3-1)to the Dome on Saturday for a critical ACC match-up. Kickoff is Noon on The CW and here’s what we’re watching for:
Kevin: Protect Kyle
Virginia Tech defensive end Antwaun Powell-Ryland has nine sacks and seventeen hurries on the season and leads a strong Hokies pass rush. Syracuse needs to keep APR from disrupting their passing game so that Kyle McCord can attack a secondary rated the second-worst in coverage by PFF. Will the Orange use screens and draws to force APR to read and react instead of letting him just tee off and attack McCord? If Syracuse can negate APR’s impact they could score enough to win this one.
Mike: Make the Most of Allen
With Yasin Willis doubtful for Saturday’s game, this could be the first time since last season where LeQuint Allen is leaned on as a bell-cow back. How much that affects the offensive gameplan remains to be seen, but it might incite more designed plays as opposed to the RPO package SU has run very frequently. The o-line is struggling to block effectively on option plays lately so to make sure they can get Allen wide lanes to run through, a more traditional approach could work better this week.
Dom: Keeping momentum up for Syracuse’s 12th man
The Orange are once again back in the Dome for the first time in quite a while (September 28 to be exact). Since then, Syracuse’s road trip resulted in two nice wins over UNLV and NC State, then most recently with a bitter blowout loss. Fans will be looking for the Orange to bounce back against an inconsistent but still tough ACC opponent. Considering it’s also alumni weekend, the Dome should have plenty of seats filled and should look to take care of business.
Max: Keep Kyron Drones in the pocket
VT’s quarterback is extremely dangerous in the running game, racking up over 300 rushing yards through eight games, good for 19th in the ACC. The only conference QBs with more rushing yards are Georgia Tech’s Haynes King and Stanford’s Ashton Daniels, who gave the Orange fits on the ground this year. Syracuse’s rush defense still ranks in the top 50 in rush yards allowed per game, and it will need to keep Drones in the pocket to find some success this Saturday.
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What will you be watching for on Saturday?
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