Year 2000 Computing Crisis Action Needed To Ensure Continued Delivery Of Veterans Benefits And Health Care Services

Two statements by Joel Willemssen, Dir., Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting & Information Management Division, GAO, before the House & Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. He addresses the readiness of the VA to deliver benefits & health care services through the turn of the century, focusing on the Y2K readiness of automated systems that support such delivery, the compliance status of biomedical equipment used in patient care, & the Y2K readiness of the pharmaceutical & medical-surgical manufacturers upon which VA relies. He also shares information on the Food & Drug Admin.'s Y2K efforts.Willemssen, Joel C. is the author of 'Year 2000 Computing Crisis Action Needed To Ensure Continued Delivery Of Veterans Benefits And Health Care Services', published 1999 under ISBN 9780788184284 and ISBN 0788184288.