What happens to rural hospitals during a ransomware attack? Evidence from Medicare data.
Hannah T NeprashClaire C McGlaveKatie RydbergCarrie Henning SmithPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2024)
Ransomware attacks disrupted hospital operations in rural and urban areas. Disruptions of similar magnitudes may be more detrimental in rural areas, given the greater distances patients must travel to receive care and the outsized impact that lost revenue may have on rural hospital finances.
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