The medical industry as a whole will approach year 2000 with months of new system implementations and developing contingency plans to deal with problems associated with Y2K. ... The efforts are intended to minimize the potential problems associated with Y2K from critical equipment that deals directly with patient care to information systems that store medical records. ... It continued by saying that the "Senate staff researchers had found that 80 percent of hospitals are looking into the problem, but only 30 percent have formal Y2K plans- (p. 1). ... Laura Bruce cites a few hospital admini...

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The purpose of this research paper is to identify some of the potential benefits for those banks who have loan officers that use some type of information technology to aid in the their analysis and decision making abilities. ... With or without a software program, officers analysis of financial and operating statements will require assessing for such risks as the following: inadequate or declining working capital position; excessive volume or negative trend in receivables; unfavorable level or negative trend in inventory; increased aging of receivables, or a marked slowing in receivables; dr...

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In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are generated overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of...

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