The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson said Feb. 27 it is continuing to restore its systems and plans to resume normal clinic operations statewide next week following a recent cyberattack.
Clinics across Mississippi will return to normal operations and scheduled appointments March 2 after the health system regained access to patient records, according to a Feb. 27 update posted on the medical center’s official Facebook page. The organization said clinics will also begin contacting patients to reschedule appointments canceled because of the disruption.
To accommodate affected patients, clinics will offer extended hours and add extra days of operation “as soon as possible,” the post said.
The academic medical center added that all hospitals and emergency departments remain open.
The cyberattack, which started Feb. 21, took the medical center’s IT systems offline, including access to its Epic EHR, and forced the closure of its clinics.
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