Computer system disruption hits Hackensack Meridian Health

You would possibly need to search for the closest physician if you happen to don’t hold your expertise clear.
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Info expertise techniques at Hackensack Meridian Well being have been coming again on-line after “exterior technical points” triggered interruptions throughout its community, the well being system mentioned late Wednesday.

The affect on affected person care “has been restricted to rescheduling a small variety of non-emergent procedures,” Hackensack Meridian mentioned in a press release. “We aren’t conscious of any affect to the confidentiality of Hackensack Meridian Well being info, together with affected person information.”

The assertion didn’t element the precise nature of the issue. Talking of hospitals, watch the above video. You would possibly need to search for the closest physician if you happen to don’t hold your expertise clear.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead.

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Hackensack Meridian Well being Provider Clinic in Belle Mead. (Photograph: Nick Muscavage/Employees Photograph)

“Now we have been experiencing intermittent IT system interruptions throughout our community because of exterior technical points,” the corporate mentioned. “Techniques are coming again on-line presently.”

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At the Carrier Clinic in Montgomery and three sub-acute facilities, which all joined the network this year, computer systems are down.

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Hackensack Meridian Health and UnitedHealthcare are working together to improve the quality of health care and keep people healthy in New Jersey. (Photo: Courtesy Jennifer Netzband)

“We are working diligently to remedy the situation and expect these systems to be operational very soon,” the statement said. “In the meantime, we are using manual patient records so there is no impact on care.”

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