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To: John Mansfield who wrote (4502)	3/11/1999 1:30:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (3) of 9818

CRUSADER DECLARES THAT Y2K POSES THREAT TO NATION'S MEDICINE SUPPLY New York Times - January 24, 1999 nytimes.com SALT LAKE CITY -- As a nurse turned computer systems manager, Laurene West is one of a crowd of consultants able to describe how year-2000 computer malfunctions could interrupt the distribution of medicines. But as a brain tumor patient who needs daily doses of synthetic-thyroid and other drugs to stay alive, the 43-year-old Mrs. West has no rivals when it comes to convincing listeners that it matters ... It starts with interruptions in the shipments of raw materials to drug companies, breakdowns in the factories that make crucial medicines and snarls in the transportation and warehousing networks that distribute them. It continues with chaos at the nation's 118,000 pharmacies, where computers keep patient records, and at the HMOs and insurance companies that must authorize payments before most prescriptions are filled ...

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