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Published on: August 01, 2024. Updated on: August 01, 2024.

How Do Ransomware Attacks Impact Rural Hospitals?

A new study by Hannah T. Neprash, PhD, Claire C. McGlave, MPH, Katie Rydberg, MPH, and Carrie Henning-Smith, PhD, MPH, MSW evaluated the impacts of ransomware attacks on rural and urban hospitals.

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