Global outage affects Freeport-based health provider FHN

FREEPORT – An overnight global Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage affected computer systems around the world, including the FHN computer system, officials announced Friday in a news release.

“No protected health information was compromised. This is not the result of a cyberattack; however, FHN’s information technology system is expecting temporary outages and slowdowns,” according to the release. “As the FHN IT team works to restore the system, there may be slight delays to nonurgent and nonemergent patient care. All of our clinics, as well as FHN Memorial Hospital and its emergency department, remain open and are able to provide patient care. Thank you for your patience and understanding.”

FHN, a nonprofit organization with almost 1,200 team members, is a regional health care system committed to the health and well-being of the people of northwest Illinois and southern Wisconsin, according to the release.

In addition to Freeport, regional FHN Healthcare Centers are located in Forreston in Ogle County, Lanark and Savanna in Carroll County, and Mount Carroll in Jo Daviess County.

“FHN caregivers serve an average of 1,500 people each day across FHN’s 16 locations in five counties spanning northwest Illinois,” according to the release. “Organized in 1995 as an integrated health care delivery system, FHN is comprised of FHN Memorial Hospital, the Leonard C. Ferguson Cancer Center at FHN Memorial Hospital, 11 family health care centers offering primary and specialty medical care, and hospice.”

For information about FHN, visit fhn.org.