The Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera returned to regular activity this week, after a cyber attack caused the hospital's information systems to be locked and prevented access to the patients' medical history.
Hillel Yaffe had to find unique and fast solutions, which included, among other things, the establishment of alternative systems and the transition to manual registration.
Now, the information systems are operating as usual, the medical history exists, the surgeries are being carried out as usual, as well as the outpatient clinics and other activities of the medical center.
Hillel Yaffe claims that according to data published by hospitals and medical organizations around the world, which were similarly attacked, this was probably the fastest recovery of a medical center from an event of this magnitude.
They further submitted that no patient data had been leaked and their medical history restored.
The hospital said that "Over the past month we have been working around the clock, employees of Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, various teams in the fields of information and computer systems, to first set up, alternative systems, and later re-establish operating systems, perform data synchronization and more. All activities were done while placing High standards and an emphasis on the issue of information security, which will be assimilated from now on, in all health organizations in Israel. "
Dr. Mickey Dodkewitz, director of the medical center, said: “There has been an extraordinary mobilization here from the first day of the Government Hospitals Division, the Ministry of Health and other entities.
I thanked them and appreciated the hospital staff who continued to work with professionalism and endless dedication despite the complexity that was created. "
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