"Rochester Regional Health's assessment of the worldwide CrowdStrike IT outage has shown minimal impact on our systems. All RRH hospitals and outpatient sites are fully operational. Patients with scheduled procedures and appointments should continue with those as planned."

"Our electronic medical record system has not been affected; emergency and inpatient care at Strong Memorial Hospital are continuing without interruption, and MyChart is also available for patient communication. However, multiple computers that support clinical functions are down, and our IT team is working urgently to reinstate all impacted systems with a focus on maintaining patient care.

"As of 11:45 a.m., all outpatient clinics and Urgent Care sites in Monroe County are open. Nearly all elective surgical procedures scheduled for today are taking place, with schedule delays at most locations. About half of our lab patient service centers are open, with the rest expected to open later today, and our patient call centers are working at less than normal capacity.

"We appreciate our patients' understanding as we work to restore full operations as quickly as possible. We will post frequent updates on MyChart, UR Medicine social media accounts, and the URMC Newsroom page during the day."