So many people flooded Beaumont Health's electronic myBeaumontChart system Friday morning, the website crashed, spokesman Bob Ortlieb told the Free Press.
It went down about 9:15 a.m. among a crush of patients logging on to the patient portal to sign up for COVID-19 vaccination. He said the health system's IT department is working to restore connectivity but did not have an update for when the system should be up and running again.
“We're encouraged by the overwhelming response to Beaumont’s recent announcement of its plans to offer area residents ages 65 and older COVID-19 vaccinations," the Southfield-based hospital system said in a statement. "Our IT team is aware of connectivity issues with myBeaumontChart, and they are working diligently to address them.