• DocumentCode
    1741283
  • Title

    Venezuelan health sector Y2K National Evaluation Project

  • Author

    Silva, Ricardo ; Mijares, Rodrigo ; Lara, Luis ; Valle, Patricia Della ; Pineda, Maite ; Berutti, Lennys

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    2279
  • Abstract
    The Y2K problem in the Venezuelan Health Sector was not evaluated until the month of September 1999. This paper explains how Simon Bolivar´s University Health Care Technology Group was able to accomplish a whole country evaluation in less than three months
  • Keywords
    biomedical engineering; health care; medical computing; 3 month; Simon Bolivar´s University Health Care Technology Group; Venezuelan health sector Y2K National Evaluation Project; Y2K problem; whole country evaluation; Biomedical equipment; Clinical diagnosis; Hospitals; Inventory management; Management training; Medical services; Monitoring; Relays; Strontium; Visual databases;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6465-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900596
  • Filename
    900596