title: Y2K compliance readiness and contingency planning.
abstract: As the millennium approaches, discussion of "Y2K compliance" will shift to discussion of "Y2K readiness." While "compliance" focuses on the technological functioning of one's own computers, "readiness" focuses on the operational planning required in a world of interdependence, in which the functionality of one's own computers is only part of the story. "Readiness" includes the ability to cope with potential Y2K failures of vendors, suppliers, staff, banks, utility companies, and others. Administrators must apply their traditional skills of analysis, inquiry and diligence to the manifold imaginable challenges which Y2K will thrust upon their facilities. The SPICE template can be used as a systematic tool to guide planning for this historic event.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohan
mesh_terms: D002910:Chronology as Topic; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013995:Time; D014481:United States