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A Kaiser Permanente systems outage has pharmacies relying on pen and paper

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Summary
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71% Informative

Kaiser Permanente is dealing with a system outage that is forcing its hospitals and pharmacies to fill out prescriptions with pen and paper.

The company says it’s working to restore services, including e-visits, billing, message center, and records.

One Verge staffer saw the problems firsthand today while trying to get a prescription filled at a Kaiser hospital pharmacy.

VR Score

55

Informative language

43

Neutral language

83

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

61

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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