Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Readiness of Medicare and the Health Care Sector.211 Statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, 211 Accounting and Information Management Division

摘要

The report provides information on the readiness of automated systems that211u001esupport the nation's delivery of health benefits and services to function 211u001ereliably without interruption through the turn of the century. This includes the 211u001eability of Medicare and Medicaid to pay for services to millions of Americans and 211u001ethe overall readiness of the health care sector, including such key elements as 211u001ebiomedical equipment used in the delivery of health services.