PORTLAND, Ore. — At least one hospital system in the Portland metro area has been affected by an unprecedented worldwide technology outage.
Providence said Friday morning that their IT teams worked overnight and have restored access to patient records and clinical documentation for nurses, physicians and other caregivers.
"However, other clinical applications and workstations continue to be impacted, and our IT teams are working to restore these services as soon as possible. Patient safety and access to care is always the top priority at Providence," Providence said in a statement. "We will provide updates as new information becomes available."
PeaceHealth also said it was impacted by the outage.
"We are assessing the impact on our hospitals, clinics and facilities. We continue to make progress to restore our systems to full functionality," the senior director of PeaceHealth's marketing and communications told KGW in an email. "PeaceHealth actively prepares for contingencies and is able to maintain critical patient care and access."
Another hospital system that was affected it Legacy Health.
"Legacy’s Information Systems and Services (IS) division has been working through the night to respond to the issue and support our teams so we can continue to provide care for our patients," Legacy Health said in a statement. "We will contact patients directly if there is any impact to their scheduled appointments."
Oregon Health & Science University told KGW it was not impacted by the outage.
Airlines, banks and media outlets were also disrupted by the major IT outage, which was caused by a faulty software update by U.S. cybersecurity company CrowdStrike that impacted computers running Microsoft Windows.
