Year 2000 compliance starts in 1999 for financial systems

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.