Northern Light Health Ensures Patient Record Security Following Weekend Cyberattack

After some of Northern Light Health’s computer servers were compromised over the weekend, electronic health records for patients have been restored online. As a result of detecting abnormalities on a few servers, the healthcare network took off some of its digital patient records Saturday. It is important to understand that Northern Light Health took patient records offline while investigating and implementing remedial measures even though none of the affected servers contained patient information. 

While Northern Light was conducting its investigation, it did not use digital patient records instead of paper records.

As far as Northern Light is concerned, the data or information contained on those compromised servers was not shared by Northern Light. 

Healthcare providers were only able to access their patient records from limited computers while they were being treated this weekend. The health care system said no patient information was contained on any of the affected servers, but they have taken the systems offline for investigation and repair to take place during downtime procedures. 

There was no impact on patient care as a result of these downtime procedures, according to Northern Light Health. All ten of Northern Light Health’s hospitals were open during the downtime and patients received the same level of care. A patient can still make appointments

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