A new analysis on health-care cyberattacks highlighted how a hospital network shutdown can immediately disrupt patient care workflows and clinical decision-making. The discussion used HBO Max’s drama “The Pitt” as a prompt to show what clinicians say they have seen in real ransomware incidents. The piece pointed to a case in which the University of Mississippi Medical Center shut more than 30 affiliated clinics after a cyberattack that disrupted systems needed for electronic health records, lab orders, and radiology platforms—conditions that can lead to missed diagnoses. It also cited Comparitech data showing 445 hospital and clinic ransomware attacks in 2025, a peak after several years of annual increases. For universities with affiliated hospitals, the coverage reinforces the need to treat cyber preparedness as a continuity-of-care obligation, not only an IT issue.