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“Didn’t expect to see that,” I wrote in an email to John Halamka, MD, CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston. This off-hand 2010 communication referenced NIST taking a hand in the formation of Meaningful Use or EMR certification or something like that, something that was, I quickly learned, not only quite expected, but mandated [...]
“I wonder what Mr. Perfect is going to talk about,” I said to myself while getting mic’d up to go on stage. I was at Texas Health Resources getting ready to speak in their TED-esque Revive Conference. Speakers were allotted 12 minutes, and we were scheduled in groups of about 5 presenters each. My cohort [...]
“I’m going to do some stuff outside,” I said to my wife after we put the kids down for naps on Sunday afternoon. To be sure, I was dog tired, having gotten up early at the behest of our oldest son who, unfortunately, wakes with the sun. After giving Tyler (age 4) and Parker (age [...]
On May 3, I’ll be speaking at a TED-type event at Texas Health Resources (where our friend Ed Marx serves as VP/CIO). Just like TED, the talks are short, each 12 minutes and intended to be impactful. This week, I wrote out my remarks and, since I’m apparently incapable of more than one creative act [...]
“That’s weird,” I thought, looking at the coffee machine warming up. “I hope it’s not broken.” An early riser, I get to the office about 6:30 every day. Almost invariably, I’m the one who turns on the coffee machine and gets to wait the seemingly interminable 30 seconds for it to warm up. “You here [...]
“OneNote … I wonder what that’s all about,” I said to myself. I’d finally upgraded my Microsoft Office suite, leapfrogging from 2007 to 2013 in one fell swoop. I figured a lot of features must have been added during those technologically fruitful years, and I was looking forward to taking advantage of it all. “You [...]
“It’s slow tonight,” I said to the owner of our favorite Italian restaurant with a laugh, looking out across the full dining room that usually featured many folks waiting to be seated. “Is it because Easter is tomorrow?” “Maybe,” he said. “We were busy this afternoon, and we’re booked solid all day tomorrow.” “You have [...]
“Please disrobe and put this on,” she said, removing the eggplant-colored hospital gown from a plastic bag. “Why?” I asked, irritated at the prospect of making an unanticipated transformation into Barney. “Because you’re getting a complete physical today,” she said. “No, I’m not,” I retorted. “You need to put this on so we can give [...]
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