❓ Question regarding a brief digital outage at Fiona Stanley Hospital in May 2019, its impact, contingency plans, and future planned outages. The response indicates a short outage with minimal impact and no adverse events.
AnsweredQoN 5456Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 September 2019
Member
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
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I refer to the planned digital outage at Fiona Stanley Hospital in May 2019, and ask: (a) How long was the digital outage; (b) What systems were affected; (c) What contingency plans were put in place; (d) Were there any unforeseen events, unplanned issues or adverse events which occurred that impacted or risked patient safety: (i) If so, what were the issues; and (e) What is the planned digital outage regime over the coming 12 months?
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Answered
22 October 2019
Response time
8 days
I am advised:
(a) Approximately 5 minutes.
(b) The outage core impact was on the network connectivity between Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) and the HSS core data centres. This had an impact to varying degrees on the following services:
(c) Contingency plans in place were as follows:
(d) No.
(i) Not applicable.
(e) As per the change and release management procedures, there are several initiatives that will result in future outages, including:
(a) Approximately 5 minutes.
(b) The outage core impact was on the network connectivity between Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) and the HSS core data centres. This had an impact to varying degrees on the following services:
(c) Contingency plans in place were as follows:
(d) No.
(i) Not applicable.
(e) As per the change and release management procedures, there are several initiatives that will result in future outages, including:
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