Security News > 2022 > October > CommonSpirit US nonprofit health system discloses security incident
One of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States, says it took down some of its IT systems because of a security incident that has impacted multiple facilities.
The US health system operates 140 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites in 21 states, and its team of roughly 150,000 employees and 20,000 physicians provides health services to more than 21 million patients.
CommonSpirit said in a statement published Tuesday that it's "Managing an IT security issue that is impacting some of our facilities."
"As a precautionary step, we have taken certain IT systems offline, which may include electronic health record and other systems," it added.
"Our facilities are following existing protocols for system outages and taking steps to minimize the disruption," it said, confirming ongoing system outages.
Health facilities and hospitals impacted by this security incident, including Bergan Mercy Hospital, MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, and multiple Virginia Mason Franciscan Health providers, have reported not being able to access CommonSpirit Health's electronic health records systems.