title: Taking care of the Y2K bug.
abstract: Since the industrial revolution in the late 19th century, doomsayers have predicted that man's obsession with technology would be his ultimate undoing. As support, look no further than Year 2000 (Y2K), or the Millennium Bug, a mind-numbingly simple technology flaw with staggering implications.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Safety Institute, Beverly, MA, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Paskavitz
mesh_terms: D002910:Chronology as Topic; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000592:standards*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D011340:Problem Solving; D012984:Software; D013995:Time; D014481:United States