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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6465-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900596
