Kettering Health Battles Major Tech Outage Amid Patient Safety Concerns
Kettering Health
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Contributed by: Drex DeFord
Summary
Kettering Health is responding to a technology outage resulting from unauthorized network access, leading to widespread service disruptions. While emergency services continue to operate, all elective inpatient and outpatient procedures have been canceled, and the organization is working to reschedule them. Kettering Health is directly communicating with patients about rescheduling but faces challenges in this process. The organization has confirmed that personal applications like MyChart remain secure and has advised against communicating through social media. Additionally, it has received reports of scams involving individuals impersonating staff and soliciting payments, prompting a suspension of payment communications until the situation stabilizes. Patients are urged to report any suspicious calls to law enforcement.
