Covenant Health Faces Cyber Incident, Ensures Patient Care Continues
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Contributed by: Drex DeFord
Summary
Covenant Health is currently responding to a cyber incident that has affected IT services at several of its facilities in New England and Pennsylvania, beginning with the discovery of connectivity issues on May 26. The health system has secured its data by taking affected systems offline, and while two hospitals in Maine and one in New Hampshire have been impacted, essential healthcare services continue to operate normally. Covenant Health has issued alerts on its websites regarding temporary disruptions in phone and internet access, and has specifically noted that outpatient laboratory services are limited to the main hospital campus at St. Joseph Hospital, with patient notices acknowledging the inconvenience and promising swift resolution of the issues.
