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Policyholders will no longer be able to receive health insurance through Ascension Personalized Care beginning in January.
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One Central Texas patient did not know whether she'd have to pay out of pocket for tests following a cancer diagnosis.
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Staff at local Ascension hospitals had been forced to rely on paper charting methods for nearly a month following a major cybersecurity breach.
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A ransomware attack has rendered multiple digital technology systems integral to the hospital's typical operations inaccessible.
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One nurse reported wound dressing going unchanged, lab work being overlooked and discharges being delayed while the hospital's regular nursing staff was kept from working.
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Hospital management says the nurses will be allowed back for their shifts on July 1, after the hospital has fulfilled its contract with temporary staff replacements.
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A security event affecting two of the local hospital system's websites in March may have put some patients' sensitive information at risk.
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Travis County's publicly funded hospital district and its private hospital system partner are at odds over an agreement to serve the county's low-income residents.