Universal Health Services says its IT Network is now restored after a security issue took its system offline late last month at 400+ locations, including Northern Nevada Medical Center.
In an updated statement, UHS says its electronic medical records were not directly impacted and that resources were deployed to hospitals to support the resumption of online operations.
The IT issue was part of a larger malware attack that happened within the Universal Health Services network. UHS operates more than 400 locations worldwide, mostly in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
UHS also operates the Willow Springs Center, Quail Surgical and Pain Management Center, ER at McCarran NW and West Hills Behavioral Hospital.
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Northern Nevada Medical Center is currently using paperwork for documentation after an IT security issue took the hospital offline on Sunday.
A spokesperson tells us 2 News that "no patient of employee data appears to have been accessed, copied or otherwise compromised."
The IT issue is part of a larger malware attack that happened within the Universal Health Services network on Sunday. UHS operates more than 400 locations worldwide, mostly in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
UHS also operates the Willow Springs Center, Quail Surgical and Pain Management Center, ER at McCarran NW and West Hills Behavioral Hospital.
NNMC sent us this statement:
The hospital has been taken offline, due to an IT issue since Sunday, Sept. 27. We implement extensive IT security protocols and are following proper procedures. We are working diligently to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. In the meantime, we are using established offline documentation methods. No patient or employee data appears to have been accessed, copied or otherwise compromised.
-Jamii Uboldi, spokesperson for NNMC
