CNBC·2025-04-28 22:52Core Insights - Oracle's software outage affected several hospitals within Community Health Systems (CHS), leading to a temporary return to paper-based patient records [1][2][3] Group 1: Outage Details - The outage began on April 23 due to engineers mistakenly deleting critical storage linked to a key database [3] - The incident lasted for five days and was resolved on the following Monday [3] - CHS reported that 45 hospitals were impacted, activating "downtime procedures" during the outage [2] Group 2: Company Response - CHS stated that despite the major outage, hospitals maintained services with no material impact on patient care [4] - The spokesperson praised the clinical and support teams for their professionalism and commitment during the outage [4] Group 3: Company Background - CHS is based in Tennessee and operates 72 hospitals across 14 states [3]