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UN chief: Pandemic shows need for universal health coverage

October 8, 2020
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The United Nations chief says the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the “utterly inadequate health systems” around the world and he argues that universal health coverage is essential for nations to deal with future health crises

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EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press

October 8, 2020, 12:44 AM

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UNITED NATIONS — The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the “utterly inadequate health systems” around the world, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday in arguing that universal health coverage is essential for nations to deal with future health crises.

He said the failure to respond adequately to the outbreak has claimed more than 1 million lives, infected over 30 million people in 190 countries, wiped out 500 million jobs and is costing the global economy $375 billion a month. Indicators of human advancement and well-being are going in reverse for the first time since the U.N. started measuring them in 1990,

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Universal Health Services says its network is being restored after malware incident

October 1, 2020
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FILE PHOTO: An emergency sign illuminates outside of George Washington University Hospital, one of roughly 400 Universal Health Services, Inc (UHS) facilities across the United States and the U.K., in Washington, D.C., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Raphael Satter

(Reuters) – Universal Health Services Inc UHS.N said on Thursday that its corporate network is being restored after a malware incident knocked it out for five days.

In a statement, the healthcare group said it was confident its hospital networks would be “restored and reconnected soon.”

The company provided no precise timetable but said that, as far as its corporate-level administrative systems were concerned, “the recovery process is either complete or well underway in a prioritized manner.”

Universal, which runs some 400 healthcare centers and hospitals across the United States and the U.K., had been fighting to restore its systems since the incident began on Sunday.

The company has not commented on what

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What We Know So Far About the Universal Health Systems Ransomware Attack

September 30, 2020
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The company said the ransomware attack has forced its facilities to revert to using offline processes and documentation methods.

The computer networks of a major hospital chain in the U.S. and Britain have been hit by a massive cyberattack that may be the largest such attack on a medical institution in U.S. history.

According to NBC News, Universal Health Systems, an operator of more than 400 locations, was knocked offline over the weekend due to what the hospital system calls a “security issue.”

The hospital acknowledged the security issue in a statement and said it is working with IT security professionals to restore operations as quickly as possible.

No patient or employee data appears to have been compromised, the healthcare system said.

The company said its facilities reverted to using offline processes and documentation methods. According to NBC News, some of that included filing patient information with pen and paper.

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Universal Health tells staff its corporate network remains offline

September 29, 2020
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hospital chain Universal Health Services’ network remains offline on Tuesday, two days after the company fell prey to an apparent ransomware attack, it told employees via text.

On Monday the operator of about 400 hospitals and care centers across the United States and the United Kingdom, announced in a statement it was dealing with an “IT security issue.”

UHS has provided no details, but experts said the outage had the hallmarks of ransomware, a breed of malicious software that locks users out of their computers until a digital payment is made.

The text message seen by Reuters said “the corporate network remains offline” and provided no timetable for when computer access would be restored. It instructed some employees to “please continue to work remotely using alternative communication channels.”

At UHS’ Cedar Hills Hospital outside Portland, Oregon, the outage means that new prescriptions are not being issued and

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Cyberattack hobbles hospital chain Universal Health Services

September 29, 2020
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A computer outage at a major hospital chain thrust health care facilities across the U.S. into chaos Monday, with treatment impeded as doctors and nurses already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic were forced to rely on paper backup systems.

Universal Health Services, which operates more than 250 hospitals and other clinical facilities in the U.S., blamed the outage on an unspecified IT “security issue” in a statement posted to its website Monday but provided no details about the incident, such as how many facilities were affected and whether patients had to be diverted to other hospitals.

UHS workers reached by The Associated Press at company facilities in Texas and Washington, D.C. described mad scrambles after the outage began overnight on Sunday to render care, including longer emergency room waits and anxiety over determining which patients might be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.

The Fortune 500 company, with 90,000

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Universal Health Services, Inc. Reports Information Technology Security Incident

September 29, 2020
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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) experienced an information technology security incident in the early morning hours of September 27, 2020. As a result, the Company suspended user access to its information technology applications related to operations located in the United States.         

The Company has implemented extensive information technology security protocols and is working diligently with its security partners to restore its information technology operations as quickly as possible. 

In the meantime, while this matter may result in temporary disruptions to certain aspects of our clinical and financial operations, our acute care and behavioral health facilities are utilizing their established back-up processes including offline documentation methods. Patient care continues to be delivered safely and effectively.

At this time, we have no evidence that patient or employee data was accessed, copied or misused.

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Universal Health Services Confirms IT Security Incident, Suspends User Access

September 29, 2020
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(RTTNews) – Hospital and healthcare service provider Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has suspended user access to its information technology applications related to operations located in the United States due to an information technology security incident. The company noted that, currently, it has no evidence that patient or employee data was accessed, copied or misused. Universal Health Services said it is working diligently with its security partners to restore the company’s information technology operations.

Universal Health Services stated that the security incident may result in temporary disruptions to certain aspects of its clinical and financial operations. The company’s acute care and behavioral health facilities are utilizing their established back-up processes including offline documentation methods.

Universal Health Services, through its subsidiaries, operates 26 acute care hospitals, 330 behavioral health facilities, 41 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37

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Universal Health Services slammed by massive cyberattack

September 29, 2020
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Universal Health Systems faced a massive cyberattack over the weekend. 


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Computer systems at some hospitals began failing over the weekend after Universal Health Systems, a major provider with over 400 locations primarily in the US, was hit by a cyberattack. With systems offline, some impacted hospitals resorted to filing patient information with pen and paper, reported NBC News. 

Universal Health Systems issued a statement on Monday, confirming that its network was offline due to a security incident.

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“The IT Network across Universal Health Services (UHS) facilities is currently offline, due to an IT security issue,” the statement said. “We implement extensive IT security protocols and are working diligently with our IT security partners to restore

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Arguments Towards Universal Healthcare In America

May 26, 2020
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Weight problems has been for years a prominent and well-publicized global health drawback. Vancouver Normal Hospital’s emergency division shaped a multi-disciplinary workforce with the goal of working collectively to improve office well being and safety, leading to an improved working climate where employees report feeling engaged and better able to present the type of high quality care that emergency patients deserve.

Currently congress is working on hammering out a compromise, but this effort is hampered by a nonetheless misinformed public, politics as regular, and the truth that at the least some of the members of congress may be within the pockets of the healthcare insurance industry.

You will need to be aware that it’s believed that a substantial amount of the fear individuals have concerning a single payer system is because of propaganda put forth both discreetly and overtly by healthcare insurance coverage lobbying companies whose employers would really like … Read More

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