A cybersecurity incident is affecting medical care delivery in some facilities belonging to Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, a system of 1,500 healthcare sites across 21 states.
CommonSpirit, the largest Catholic health system and the second-largest nonprofit hospital chain in the United States, “is managing an IT security issue that is impacting some of our facilities,” a spokeswoman said in a statement provided to Information Security Media Group.
The spokeswoman characterized a decision to take offline some electronic health records and other systems, which has resulted in some patients being turned away, as a “precautionary” step.
Among the CommonSpirit facilities affected are several Nebraska hospitals, including MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center; multiple Omaha-area facilities including Lakeside Hospital, Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy and Immanuel Medical Center; and Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
