Hospitals that had not responded to the January survey were afforded the opportunity to respond prior to public release of the responses. The July survey added a question on the status of business continuity and contingency plans for key Y2K failure scenarios. The Department will be updating the spreadsheet as new information is received from the hospitals. View the DPH Survey Results Hospital has completed an inventory of IT systems and or embedded systems at all locations. The inventory includes third party components such as hardware, microprocessor-based devices, system software, and application software.
Most manufacturers have Internet sites listing tested and compliant products.
Most manufacturers have Internet sites listing tested and compliant products All Biomedical equipment at all locations has been checked for embedded devices and is compliant. All phone and voice mail systems and related telecommunications devices and software have been checked and are compliant. All major suppliers of mission-critical items have been contacted for compliance status. It refers to a special-purpose processor in all computers. The function of this chip is to manage the movement of data into and out of the computer system.