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Cyber Safety Is Personal Safety: What Occ Med Clinics Should Know

In September 2020, Universal Health Services, a hospital system spanning 400 facilities and 90,000 employees, fell victim to a Ryuk ransomware attack that crippled its IT systems overnight. Clinicians were suddenly locked out of electronic health records and lab results. They were forced to revert to pen-and-paper workflows. “It was

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Managing Accommodation Requests for Night Shift Workers: Balancing Health Needs and Operational Realities

By Dr. Larry Earl, NAOHP As occupational health professionals, we play a pivotal role in facilitating reasonable accommodations for workers with medical conditions—while also recognizing the complex demands of essential, around-the-clock operations. Nowhere is this balance more challenging than when employees in 24/7 environments, such as first responders, healthcare workers,

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