McLaren Health Care issues statement following IT disruption

McLaren Health Care has issued the following update after seeing a disruption in its information technology system.

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"While McLaren Health Care continues to investigate a disruption to our information technology system, we want to ensure our teams are as prepared as possible to care for patients when they arrive. Patients with scheduled appointments should plan to attend those appointments unless they are contacted by a member of our care team. Out of an abundance of caution, some non-emergent or elective procedures may be rescheduled. Our team will work diligently with any patient who has an appointment rescheduled.

"During this disruption, we are also requesting patients bring any of the following information they may have to their appointments:

1. A list of current medications or empty prescription bottles

2. Printed physician orders for imaging studies or treatments

3. Printed results of recent lab tests (available in the patient portal: mclaren.org/medicalrecords )

4. A list of allergies

"We understand this situation may be frustrating to our patients - and to our team members - and we deeply and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We kindly ask for your patience while our caregivers and support teams work as diligently as ever to provide our communities the care they need and deserve."

This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: McLaren Health Care issues statement following IT disruption