More Symantec Woes: Software Update Shuts Down Military EHR

Gienna Shaw | Fierce Health IT | January 26, 2012

A software update was to blame for the shutdown of active-duty and retired military personnel and their families, according to Nextgov. The Department of Defense shut down its electronic health record system, the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA) on Jan. 17, and was back online that evening after technicians corrected "a problem with a version upgrade to storage services. The Military Health System (MHS) now says Symantec's Veritas Storage Foundation storage software was the cause, according to the article...