title: The millennium bug--do we have the right antibiotics?
abstract: This article introduces readers to the scope of the Year 2000 (Y2K) issue. In addition to describing how this problem came to be, the author examines the extent of the problem as defined by professionals in information technology. The author also explores what the cost of fixing the problem may be and what industry is doing to mitigate the effects the Y2K bug will have on patient care, supplies, and financial operations. The author expresses the need for caregivers to have a greater interest in the problem and to ask questions about what is being done at individual institutions.
authors.affiliation: Day Surgery Unit, Metropolitan Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, USA.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Remmert
mesh_terms: D002910:Chronology as Topic; D003199:Computer Systems; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D012984:Software; D013995:Time; D014481:United States