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Abstract
The goal of our Y2K BEACON project is to
provide information and support services for
organizations to help them determine what corrective
actions, if any, are necessary to ensure the proper
functioning of medical equipment throughout the set
of computer date problems commonly known as the
Year 2000 (or Y2K) problem. The web site is for
hospitals, clinics, medical laboratories, nursing homes
and other facilities that rely on medical equipment.
This site is not just a database-backed web site; quite
the contrary, it uses intelligent web crawlers,
automatic filters and automatic composition and
emailing systems to provide a comprehensive,
technically-driven crisis center. While there are
similar web sites available, our site is unique because
it: (1) allows the organization to present a list of
equipment for batch processing; (2) provides
automatically compiled essays to answer posed
questions; and, (3) email compliance updates back to
the organizations where updates are specific to their
equipment.
L. Sweeney
Y2K BEACON: An Intelligent Web-based Crisis Center for Disseminating
Year 2000 Biomedical Equipment Compliance Information.
Proceedings, Journal of the American Medical Informatics
Association (AMIA). Washington, DC: Hanley & Belfus, Inc., 1999.
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