United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-04-20 monographic deposited born digital 27 p. GA 1.13:T-AIMD-99-152 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-152 P0b002ee18039edcf f:ai99152t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-152 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-152 T-AIMD-99-152 Y2K Systems conversions Information resources management Veterans benefits Computer software verification and validation Strategic information systems planning Medical equipment Computer software Systems compatibility Pharmaceutical industry Y2K Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture VA Veterans Integrated Service Network VA Year 2000 Strategy VBA Beneficiary Identification and Record Locator Subsystem Testimony AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) efforts to address the year 2000 computer problem, focusing on the: (1) year 2000 readiness of automated systems that support the delivery of benefits and health care services; (2) compliance status of biomedical equipment used in patient care; and (3) year 2000 readiness of the pharmaceutical and medical-surgical manufacturers upon which VA relies. In discussing biomedical equipment and pharmaceutical manufacturers, GAO provided information on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) year 2000 efforts. GAO noted that: (1) VA continues to make progress in its year 2000 readiness; (2) however, key actions remain to be performed; (3) for example, the Veterans Benefits Administration and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) have not yet completed testing of their mission-critical systems to ensure that these systems can reliably accept future dates--such as January 1, 2000; (4) also, VHA has not completed year 2000 assessments of its facility systems, which can be essential to ensuring continuing health care; (5) in addition, neither VA nor FDA had implemented GAO's prior recommendation to review the test results for biomedical equipment used in critical care/life support environments; (6) further, VHA's pharmaceutical operations are at risk because the automated systems supporting its consolidated mail outpatient pharmacies are not year 2000 compliant; (7) VHA does not know if its medical facilities will have a sufficient supply of pharmaceutical and medical-surgical products on hand because it does not have complete information on the year 2000 readiness of these manufacturers; and (8) it is critical that these concerns be addressed if VA is to continue reliably delivering benefits and health care. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-152/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-152.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-152/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-152.pdf GAO/T-AIMD-99-152 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-152 Testimony GAO/T-AIMD-99-152; Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Key Actions Remain to Ensure; Y2K Systems conversions Information resources management Veterans benefits Computer software verification and validation Strategic information systems planning Medical equipment Computer software Systems compatibility Pharmaceutical industry Y2K Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture VA Veterans Integrated Service Network VA Year 2000 Strategy VBA Beneficiary Identification and Record Locator Subsystem Title 21 Part 210 21 CFR Part 210