Watsonville Community Hospital appointed Alexandra Friel as its newest board member. Friel is the daughter-in-law of the late John Friel, who was one of the first board members to help steer the hospital out from bankruptcy in 2022. Allyson Violante, former county supervisor Zach Friend’s previous chief of staff, also joins hospital leadership in a new government and community relations role.
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Watsonville Community Hospital welcomes county’s first baby of the year, Ailany Galilea
The first baby born in Santa Cruz County arrived at 12:44 a.m. at Watsonville Community Hospital. Hours later, Dominican Hospital welcomed the new year’s second baby.
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Watsonville Community Hospital patients’ personal information may have been compromised in cyberattack
Watsonville Community Hospital said Tuesday that patient information like names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, passport numbers and diagnosis information may have been included in the copied files. The potential data breach did not include medical records, hospital officials said. There is “no indication that that information was copied from our electronic health record system.”
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Watsonville hospital service workers to picket as negotiations over wages, health care costs continue
Service workers at Watsonville Community Hospital plan to demonstrate Thursday as contract talks that began in August drag on. The workers, represented by the SEIU, say their pay lags up to 30% behind neighboring facilities, while the hospital is proposing raises of between 3 and 6%, along with employee cost-sharing for health care benefits.
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Watsonville hospital IT network running again, investigation into cyberattack continues
Watsonville Community Hospital’s internet connection and electronic systems used for patient charts and prescription notifications are running again, following a network outage that lasted more than a week, hospital officials confirmed Thursday afternoon.
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Watsonville hospital network outage caused by cyberattack
A network outage shutting down Watsonville Community Hospital’s internet connection and its electronic systems was caused by a cyberattack, hospital spokesperson Nancy Gere said Friday. The network outage occurred last week, and is expected to last several more days as an investigation is ongoing.
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Watsonville hospital network outage expected to last several more days as investigation continues
A network outage that shut down Watsonville Community Hospital’s internet connection and its electronic systems is expected to last several more days, according to hospital spokesperson Nancy Gere. The hospital has brought in third-party IT specialists to investigate the cause of the outage, which began Friday evening.
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Watsonville Community Hospital investigating multiday computer network outage
A network outage that shut down Watsonville Community Hospital’s internet connection and electronic systems used for patient charts and prescription notifications continued into a fourth day Monday. The hospital has been operating on a paper system as third-party IT specialists investigate the outage’s cause, which began Friday.
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Watsonville Community Hospital building, land in local hands after sale for $40 million
Friday’s announcement that the Pajaro Valley Health Care District had purchased the 27-acre property and the building that’s home to Watsonville Community Hospital clears the way for funds from March’s Measure N to be used to improve the hospital building.
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Watsonville Community Hospital Foundation wins Impact Award
The Watsonville Community Hospital Foundation has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 Silicon Valley Business Journal Community Impact Award, which “recognizes organizations that have made significant contributions to the betterment of their communities through innovative programs, impactful outreach and exceptional dedication to service.”