Are you back to work? Do you know what day it is? Does time even exist as a concept? I’m hitting the ground running in January, bearing in mind that most of my running is actually at an easy, conversational pace and followed by a nice snack and maybe some hot tea.
Stuff I Wrote
- HealthTech Magazine: Data Clean Rooms Support Healthcare Security and Innovation – How industry stakeholders benefit from secure environments for using and sharing data
- Digital Health Insights: Updated CPT codes face scrutiny over fees, politics, and control – Usually, the AMA publishes new CPT codes and everyone moves on, but that wasn’t the case this fall
- Digital Health Insights: What PwC’s latest consumer survey says about the future of care delivery – Young Americans place more trust in technology, and that has shifted the way they engage with care providers
- Digital Health Insights: Does hospital at home have a light at the end of the tunnel? – A five-year waiver, approved by the U.S. House, would give the program much-needed funding and stability
Things I Did, Christmas Edition
- Left a trail of pine needles from the living room down the stairs and to the curb after failing to learn for like the 12th consecutive year that a Christmas tree acquired in late November is effectively dead well before New Year’s
- Assembled lots of LEGO ay my son’s behest
- Drank tea from a swanky mug with a logo my wife designed (she also made business cards and a T-shirt, which I’ll show off when it’s not so damn cold)
- Gave my wife a nice stapler, which prompted her to say, “Go look for the gold gift bag,” which contained … a nice stapler that she’d gotten for me (Kids, getting old is so much fun, isn’t it?)
- Signed up, once again, for the Vermont City Marathon in Burlington over Memorial Day weekend
Adventures in Fatherhood
- I had a Proud Dad moment when, amid one of approximately 1,234 random conversations over the holiday break, my son described how turning off a toy and then turning it back on is a good way to get it to start working again. Kid, you now know how to solve 75% of IT Help Desk issues!
- Amid a few of the approximately 1,234 random conversations, I introduced a topic called Real Talk With Daddy, which is when I address important issues in our lives. One was having sweaty feet. Another was the pros and cons of Diet Coke and coffee as sources of caffeine, especially relative to short-term impact on the digestive tract. A third was the quality of English food. Open to suggestions for further discussion points.
- Like many parents, we spent a good chunk of the holiday break answering the question “What are we doing next?” on days we’d made it clear we had no interest in actually leaving the house. In jest, I repeatedly suggested that we alphabetize our socks. On New Year’s Day, my son called my bluff and said it was time to go upstairs and do it. (In case you’re wondering: You organize my color, then put the colors in alphabetical order.) We did NOT do this with Daddy’s socks, as they are either boring black and boring white, with maybe a couple navy blue for good measure.
Happy January. I’ve resolved to drink less coffee, use my downtime more thoughtfully, better focus on cross training, publish two eBooks (one being the patient engagement one I really should’ve finished last year), be more thoughtful about one-off projects, and continue to get rid of stuff I don’t need. Nothing is earth-shattering, but collectively I hope they will make for a better year. Well, that and more tea.
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