Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente experienced disruptions on its websites Jan. 19 through Jan. 21;users were unable to access certain parts of the healthcare organization’s website and patient portal. Now, Kaiser reports some of the performance issues were due to an increase in website traffic, which caused “load-balancing issues,” reports San Francisco Business Times.
According to the report, the server delays were due to a 20 percent increase in “post-holiday” web traffic. The website outage was not related to a cyberattack, Kaiser said.
Some users had trouble accessing the patient portal and sections of the website where enrollees could make appointments, request prescription refills and communicate electronically with providers.
The website is back to full functionality.
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