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November 12, 2026

Takeaways from the most recent news in the technology and policies shaping healthcare.

Hospitals

New Hampshire Hospital Cancels Appointments in Network Outage

Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, New Hampshire canceled some outpatient appointments because of a network outage, the hospital said in a Facebook post cited by Becker's Hospital Review. The trouble started November 9 with a phone outage and carried into November 10, with the hospital confirming it continued to experience a system outage.

The hospital has not publicly detailed the cause, whether a technical failure or a cyberattack. Either way, the practical effect is the same: when core networks go down, phones, scheduling, and clinical systems can stall, pushing staff to manual workarounds and forcing patients to reschedule care.

Smaller community hospitals are especially exposed. They often run leaner IT teams and tighter budgets than large systems, yet depend on the same interconnected infrastructure. Outages like this one, increasingly common across the sector, show how quickly a single point of failure can ripple into canceled appointments and disrupted operations. Readers should watch for the hospital's eventual disclosure on root cause and recovery timeline.

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Hospitals

Baltimore ERs See Surge in GLP-1 Side Effects, Doctor Warns

Baltimore emergency physicians report a rise in preventable ER visits tied to GLP-1 drugs used without medical supervision, a MedStar Health doctor told WBAL-TV.

Why it matters: The surge shows how unsupervised online access to GLP-1 drugs is pushing avoidable costs and complications into hospital emergency rooms.

Hospitals

Lehigh Valley Sues Highmark Over Specialty Drug Access

Lehigh Valley Health Network sued Highmark, alleging the insurer is blocking its specialty pharmacy from dispensing high-cost drugs to members.

Why it matters: Specialty drugs are among the most profitable prescriptions, and the suit tests whether payers can steer them away from hospital-owned pharmacies.

Hospitals

Hackers Lurked 17 Days in Georgia Hospital Network

Hackers accessed Bacon County Hospital's network in Georgia for 17 days before detection, copying files in a breach that underscores rural hospital security gaps.

Why it matters: Slow detection lets attackers quietly steal patient data, and small rural hospitals are among the most exposed in healthcare.