Yeah. I've been doing a little research into HIPAA in my copious free time.
I read one quote that says there will be 3 times as much money spent on HIPAA as was spent on all of Y2K.
Does that mean that there will be a software company to appear out of nowhere with a spiffy technology solution that does really kinky stuff with binary data, and that its peak stock price will be $2,097 per share? That's just a logical conclusion I derived from the study of past history (comedy?). Take, for instance, the projected stock prices of companies like (specifically) ZITL. $699 x 3 = $2,097. Makes sense, doesn't it?
He who ignores history is doomed. Period. On the other hand, he who gets a kick out of comedy will forever be entertained by the machinations of the software industry, and especially those who know nothing about it but try to impress others with their knowledge.
I think HIPAA will be a tad bit trickier than Y2K, though. Y2K just dealt with "fixing" numbers. HIPAA requires the implementation of multiple levels of security in multiple providers of health care sharing data with multiple organizations, like insurance companies and archivers of electronic medical records. In DataBase terms, that's a Many-to-Many-to-Many relationship.
Or, in other, more appropriate terms ... SNAFU. That's an acronym, in case you didn't know it.
It's an abbreviation of the phrase "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up".
Or, something like that.
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