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What the Brockton Hospital Cyberattack Should Tell Every Massachusetts Business About Waiting on IT
In April 2026, a cyberattack on Brockton Hospital's Signature Healthcare system took electronic systems offline, forced ambulance diversions, and led to the cancellation of scheduled cancer treatments. Staff shifted to paper-based downtime procedures that continued for weeks. Electronic health records and the patient portal went dark, and the hospital was unable to fill prescriptions at its r etail pharmacies. This happened in Massachusetts, to an organization serving tens of
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