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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem
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To: John Mansfield who wrote (404)5/23/1998 4:11:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (1) of 618
 
[HEALTHCARE] 'Year 2000 bug crisis hits UK health service

' by Dan Sabbagh, Computing

UK national health service systems were placed on the
critical list by a government auditor this week, after health
trusts warned that clinical equipment may not be fixed in
time for the millennium.

The warning came in a National Audit Office (NAO)
survey, and has sparked calls for more NHS funds.

However the government has continued to insist that the
bug be fixed from existing budgets, which some fear could
affect patient services.

The NAO said that 15 per cent of NHS trusts "were not
confident" of their clinical equipment functioning normally
in 2000. One in 10 NHS trusts was "not confident" that its
computer systems would make the grade.
...

Critics are concerned that the bug will have a major
knock-on effect on patient services.
...
In response to the report, the NHS Executive told trusts
and health authorities that Year 2000 is the "highest
non-clinical priority".
...

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