That company is a cybersecurity company and they’re trying to do an update. So we’re also wondering if this is affecting hospitals and medical facilities here in the Susquehanna Valley. News Eight’s Gabriel Thomas has been looking into that at Lancaster General Hospital. Gabriel, did you find out anything? Matt, Caitlin, and I went into Lancaster General Hospital and we talked to the receptionist. They didn’t really give us a lot of details about the outage, but they did tell us that there were patients in the building. Now, I talked to the patient on my way out and they said that they were going to get tested this morning and some of their computers were working and some weren’t. They also contacted the Pennsylvania Department of Health and they said that they don’t see any major issues at this time, but they’ll keep us updated. By the way, I want to let you know that Lancaster General Health is open and they’re accepting patients starting this morning as soon as they have more information on this technology.
Dozens of hospitals and health systems in south-central Pennsylvania hit by CrowdStrike outages
Numerous health systems in south-central Pennsylvania were impacted in some way by the global technology outage. UPMC released a statement saying the outage “affects less than 10% of Microsoft Windows-based devices in some facilities.” It added that “patient care has not been impacted and facilities remain operational.” Penn State Medical Center said, “Penn State Medical Center does not utilize CrowdStrike, but some vendors do. As a result, we have seen minimal impact at this time, primarily in retail and administrative functions. Patient care, including appointments and medical and surgical procedures, continues uninterrupted.” WellSpan Health also said, “Like many organizations around the world, WellSpan has experienced sporadic IT disruptions related to the Crowdstrike outage. At this time, this outage has not impacted patient care.” Lancaster General Hospital released a statement saying, “Penn Medicine, like many other health systems and companies in other industries, is impacted by the global computer outage issue. Our hospital, including our emergency department, remains fully staffed and continues to care for patients.”
Numerous health systems across south-central Pennsylvania were affected in some way by the global technology outage.
UPMC said in a statement that the outage “affects less than 10 percent of Microsoft Windows-based devices in some facilities,” adding that “patient care is not affected and facilities remain operational.”
Penn State Health said, “While Penn State Health does not utilize CrowdStrike, some vendors do. As a result, impacts have been minimal at this time, primarily to retail and administrative functions. Patient care, including medical appointments and medical and surgical procedures, continues uninterrupted.”
Wellspan Health also said, “Like many organizations around the world, Wellspan is experiencing sporadic IT outages related to the CrowdStrike outage. At this time, the outages have not impacted patient care.”
Lancaster General Hospital released a statement saying, “Penn Medicine, like many other health systems and companies in other industries, is affected by the global computer outage issues. Our hospitals, including the emergency department, are fully staffed and continue to care for patients.”
