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
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