Cyberattacks around the country are wreaking havoc on the ground at targeted hospitals, but a new study shows that security breaches hurt surrounding providers, too.

The research published in JAMA on May 29 found that cyberattacks led to a decrease in emergency department (ED) visits at attacked hospitals and an increase in ED patients at nearby hospitals.

“When one hospital is attacked, the effect is not just limited on that hospital,” Rahi Abouk, co-author of the study and professor of economics at William Paterson University, told Healthcare Brew. “Other hospitals will be affected indirectly.”

This means, Abouk said, that hospitals should inform other providers in their region after a cyber incident to prepare for the influx of patients.

“There should be a mechanism that encourages hospitals, the attacked hospitals, to publicize these events at least to the nearby hospitals, making sure that they are ready to accept those excessive patients who are in urgent need for their emergency medical needs,” he said.

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Dollar General has ended a pilot program with mobile care provider DocGo, becoming the latest retailer to wind down primary care operations, spokespeople from both companies confirmed to Healthcare Brew on May 31.

The retail giant—the largest in the US by number of stores—began the healthcare partnership in 2023 after announcing ambitions to establish itself as a “health destination” two years prior. DocGo and Dollar General offered mobile health clinics with basic, preventive, and urgent care services at three stores in Tennessee.

Dollar General executives previously said in a June 2023 press release that they would expand the DocGo pilot program to more stores.

“After an 18-month pilot, Dollar General and DocGo made the mutual decision to sunset its partnership of mobile health clinics,” Michael Padovano, a DocGo spokesperson, said. “DocGo will use the actionable data, mobile clinic program structure, and resources from this pilot to inform other programs, including its expanding mobile clinic and in-home healthcare partnerships with health plans.”

Dollar General still plans to offer health and wellness products in all of its stores.

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