Early Friday morning, a widespread tech outage caused global disruptions to airlines, companies, and health systems. Associated Press (AP) Charlotte Graham-McLay, Elaine Kurtenbach, and David McHugh wrote that a faulty software update by Texas-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected computers running on Microsoft Windows.
The outage affected hospitals across the states. NBC Boston's Munashe Kwangware and Alysha Palumbo reported that elective and non-emergent procedures at Mass Brigham were canceled. Reuters reported that two German hospitals also had to cancel elective surgeries due to the IT outage.
CNN's Amanda Musa and Kristina Sgueglia reported that emergency communication services were down in several states as of Friday morning.
To read the full article, see "Global Outage Disrupts Healthcare Systems," which originally appeared on Healthcare Innovation, an Endeavor Business Media partner site.
