
Skip Sorrells
Field CTO and CISO at Claroty, former Director of Cybersecurity at Ascension Health, and former ICU nurse specializing in healthcare cybersecurity.
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Aug 12, 2026
When Cyber Attacks Become Patient Care Events
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12:08Tom HickeyHOST
But when a cyber incident hits and systems go down, what does that actually look like inside the hospital from the care team's perspective? Can you provide us some insights with that?

Skip SorrellsGUEST
So I'll start with when I was an ICU nurse, the patient to nurse ratio in my institution was two to one.

Skip SorrellsGUEST
On a very rare occasion, when we were short-staffed, I might have three patients, but I would share one of those with another nurse.

Skip SorrellsGUEST
Today, I can't actually tell you what the ratio is, but from what I've seen, it could be anywhere from 8 to 10, maybe 12 patients.
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19:09Tom HickeyHOST
Well, what does that really mean in practice? And how should healthcare organizations be thinking differently with that?