title: Time for the what-if strategies. Still trying to eradicate remnants of the millennium bug, hospitals have some old-fashioned backup plans.
abstract: With time running out for healthcare providers to eradicate the millennium bug from their operations, they're now making sure contingency plans are in place so that regardless of the failures they encounter the week of Jan. 1, they'll still be able to remain open for business.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morrissey
mesh_terms: D002910:Chronology as Topic; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000592:standards*; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004219:District of Columbia; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011340:Problem Solving; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards*; D013995:Time; D014481:United States