1 Section on Electrophysiology and Digital Health, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
3 Department of Bioengineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Khoury College of Computing, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
4 Archimedes Center for Health Care and Medical Device Cybersecurity, Boston, Massachusetts.
This Viewpoint describes health care disruption owing to a global computer system outage and advocates for preventive methods to avoid future IT events disrupting the health care sector.