Hello...I don't know if this would be helpful, but I attended a conference
on the 19th & 20th of February in which Mr. Mike Smith did a talk on Y2K.
I have the handouts from this conference in front of me and here are the
references he gives:
Smith, M.F., Clinical information systems and the Year 2000, BMJ 1997; 314:534
Mitchell, I., London stalling. Computer Weekly 1997 Setpember 25: 42-43
White L, NY IT blues. Computer Weekly 1997 September 11:1.
Foreman D.M., Myths and madness at the End of Time. In Smith, M.F., Dowd
C., 'Year 2000 and Healthcare Computing'. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1997.
Stewart, A.G., Is the NHS Prepared for the Year 2000? In: Smith M.F., Dowd
C. 'Year 2000 and Healthcare Computing'. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1997.
The book 'Year 2000 and Healthcare Computing' will be available in january
1998 from Sheffield Academic Press (Tel. 0114 255 4433 Fax: 0114 255 4626)
I hope you find this helpful!
Cheers,
Rosalie Lasby
Dorset Research & Development Support Unit
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At 12:34 07/09/98 +1000, you wrote:
>Dear colleagues,
>
>Recently we an alert regarding a British government report on y2k related
>deaths. The author was stated as Mike Smith of St. Bartholomew's, Royal
>London School of Medicine and Dentistry. The report was released in December
>1997.
>
>We have tried to find more information about this report with no success.
>Can any of our U.K. colleagues help with more information ie: full biblio
>details; availability; on the web?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Lorena Smirneos
>
>
>Health Sciences Library
>Alfred Hospital
>Commercial Road
>Prahran VIC 3181
>AUSTRALIA
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