Year 2000 compliance starts in 1999 for financial systems
Alcaro, B.; Ciotti, V.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 53(2): 62; 64-65
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 10345619 Document Number: 498344
Preparing for the potential year 2000 computer date problem should have begun long ago. Healthcare organizations should be well along in testing their information systems to ensure that both financial and clinical applications are year 2000 compliant. Some organizations may have started to experience problems, particularly with their financial systems. A noncompliant financial system that generates incorrect data without creating error messages or rejecting transactions poses particularly serious problems for providers.