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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (399)	11/11/1997 1:25:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) of 9818

Y2K MEDICAL: FRIGHTENING DISCUSSION *It's appalling what's NOT being done. This is from a moderated group of medical and medical-related professionals.* "While the FDA is getting concerned about medical device and system Y2K probems, they are not yet fully aware of the insidious nature of Y2K." "This is one area where Congress should be very concerned and I recommend that everyone let them know in no uncertain terms that we want them concerned." "The worst part of all this is that the CEO/CFO level still do not want to believe there is a problem." "META Group research indicates a significant number of medical devices will malfunction due to Y2K. It's (embedded systems) a Y2K area that so far has gotten little attention in the IT community." "We find that some vendors have been very helpful, but there are many others who refuse to release any information. Two that we are having problems with are GE Medical and NEC (PABX)." "HCFA has also not developed contingency plans in the event the Y2K systems fail ... Yet the contractors not only have not developed contingency plans, they said they do not intend to do so because they believe this is HCFA's responsibility." "Several medical manufacturers have already found that "identical" (bought at the same time & sequentially serial numbered) machines react differently to Y2K dates because of the different BIOS & motherboards used in "identical" machines. "Here I would like to take the opportunity and ask the editors of technical magazines to pubish more articles on embedded devices, microcontrollers and testing procedures. - Swedish National Board of Health & Welfare" techstocks.com Print this out, and give to anyone you know in the medical field.

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