Correction: Unveiling Patient-Level Harms and At-Risk Clinical Groups During Hospital Cyberattacks: Systematic Review of Global Case Studies and Social Media Data - Report - MDSpire
Clinical Report: Correction to Review of Patient Harms in Hospital Cyberattacks
Overview
The correction notice reports that Multimedia Appendix 4 in the systematic review duplicated Multimedia Appendix 5. The appendix has been replaced with the correct file, which contains examples of patient-level harms from academic literature and social media data, organized by clinical domain.
Background
The underlying review examined patient-level harms and at-risk clinical groups during hospital cyberattacks using global case studies and social media data. Its Cyberattack Impacts, Patient Harms, and Emergency Response (CIPHER) database presents examples from both academic literature and social media. The correction addresses an appendix-file error rather than reporting a change to the review’s findings. The corrected article was resubmitted to PubMed, PubMed Central, and other full-text repositories.
Data Highlights
The correction notice identifies one error: the file previously provided as Multimedia Appendix 4 duplicated Multimedia Appendix 5. The replacement appendix contains excerpts from the CIPHER database, with academic-literature examples in column 1 and social-media examples in column 2, organized by clinical domain.
Key Findings
The authors identified a single error in the report.
Multimedia Appendix 4 had duplicated the file for Multimedia Appendix 5.
The corrected Multimedia Appendix 4 presents examples of patient-level harms identified in academic literature and social media data.
Examples are organized according to clinical domains, numbered as sections for reference in the article.
Academic quotations include author and reference information; social media quotations identify the relevant subreddit.
Social media posts are deidentified: usernames are removed, and personal details and references to specific providers or vendors are replaced by asterisks.
Clinical Implications
The notice corrects the appendix file and does not report changes to the review’s findings or conclusions. Readers consulting the article’s examples of patient-level harms should use the corrected Multimedia Appendix 4.
Conclusion
The correction replaces a duplicated appendix with the intended CIPHER database excerpts. The corrected article was resubmitted to PubMed, PubMed Central, and other full-text repositories.
