Overview
- A network outage Tuesday blocked access to electronic patient records, phones and web consults, prompting cancellations of surgeries, treatments and outpatient visits and a temporary closure of the emergency department.
- Appointments cautiously restarted from early afternoon, and by about 2:45 p.m. the hospital reported all systems were working and it was fully reachable.
- Scheduled operations and treatments are set to resume Wednesday as teams work to clear the backlog.
- To make up missed care, the hospital plans to prioritize urgent cases and extend hours into evenings and weekends if needed.
- An earlier phone outage Monday night may be related, and the exact cause remains under investigation.