Kettering (Ohio) Health has resumed normal operations across all of its emergency departments, lifting a temporary diversion that had limited access to emergency care.
The change, according to a May 28 update posted on the health system’s website, means Kettering Health is once again accepting both walk-in patients and those brought in by emergency medical services.
Here are four things to know:
- Kettering Health had been diverting patients to other area hospitals while it addressed a ransomware attack that hit its organization May 20.
- Hospitals across the Dayton, Ohio, region stepped in to support Kettering Health after the cybersecurity incident disrupted the health system’s electronic systems.
- The incident forced the health system to cancel elective inpatient and outpatient procedures. Its call center also went dark.
- Kettering Health brought its radiology equipment back online May 25.
