Effect of the Cyberattack Targeting the Irish Health System in May 2021 on Radiation Treatment at St. Luke's Radiation Oncology Network.

ABSTRACT: On May 14, 2021, the Health Service Executive (HSE) of Ireland experienced a major ransomware cyberattack. The HSE initially took down all of its information technology systems to protect its core systems. All Internet connections within the HSE were unavailable from 7 am for approximetely three weeks which had a major effect on the radiation oncology service nationally within the public service. St. Luke's Radiation Oncology Network (SLRON) is a complex, 3-center radiation oncology service, and it is the largest in the country; with 14 linear accelerators, it is one of the largest radiation centers in Europe. This article details the response of SLRON to the outage resultant from the cyberattack. Although the outage affected all patient services, including laboratory, diagnostic imaging,

SUBMITTER: Faul C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486413 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature