title: The millennium bug: a prescription for action.
abstract: Healthcare delivery systems involving technology are vulnerable to year 2000 date problems. This paper describes the unique features of this problem as related to healthcare, proposes a classification to the problems, and structures an approach to begin resolving this looming disaster.
authors.affiliation: Management Support Technology, Framingham, MA, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meador
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Safran
mesh_terms: D002910:Chronology as Topic; D003199:Computer Systems; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012984:Software; D013995:Time