HEALTHCARE: RX2000 SOLUTIONS INSTITUTE WEBSITE
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Health care has some fundamental characteristics and Year 2000 issues that set it apart from many other industries. We face some unique challenges, including some potentially life threatening issues that may arise from the Year 2000 problem. For example:
Health care is the largest industry in the U.S. Yet it is a diverse and fragmented industry consisting of some large players (e.g., insurance, managed care, and health care delivery organizations) and going all the way down to individual providers of care. We do not have a "Big 3" to drive the Year 2000 compliance efforts for the industry.
Virtually all of these players have a Year 2000 problem whether they realize it or not. It cannot be ignored, yet it needs to be addressed differently by different players.
The health care community is tightly intertwined with many organizational interdependencies. Physicians rely on hospitals. Hospitals rely on physicians, labs, medical devices, pharmaceutical and other health care supply organizations, ambulances, utility companies, food and linen suppliers, etc.
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