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April 29, 2025

Oracle Software Outage Disrupts Operations at 45 Community Health Systems Hospitals

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Contributed by: Drex DeFord
Summary
A software outage at multiple Community Health Systems (CHS) hospitals, triggered by Oracle engineers deleting critical storage during maintenance, led to a five-day disruption of the Oracle Health electronic health record (EHR) system beginning April 23. Approximately 45 hospitals reverted to paper-based records while CHS activated downtime procedures. The outage was resolved on April 28 without any connection to cyberattacks, and a CHS spokesperson reported that patient care was not materially affected. This incident underscores the importance of EHR systems in healthcare and follows Oracle's acquisition of Cerner, positioning it as a major player in the market.

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