Vishal: looking forward to working with you. Thanks for getting this started.

If the best PAs want to stay clinically active, should we change the job description and hire 2-3 who rotate in workinig with us?

Is the back end of Eclipsys an SQL or Oracle or other database?

We need pictures for these posts

Is it true the Cube is just OLAP for easy table construction? But we want access to raw data for sophisticated analysis.

Example: Cube uses a LOS variable that was defined by someone. We may choose to define it differently (different start time).

Old sales saying: idiots sell Rolex watches; geniuses sell what it feels like to wear a rolex watch.

You are not hired to do RVUs. You are hired to do RVUs PLUS -- because of your talent, you do fewer RVUs and more WOW things. Focus on the +

Listening to If I Were a Boy by Beyonce, and Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

Great to watch my daughter win a hard-fought water polo game tonight. Fun to watch her compete fiercely but have fun with friends. Perfect.

Started a new book: The Innovator's Prescription, by Clayton Christensen.

Proud to be a general internist.

Appreciate what Maddie and Jigar and others doing for GIM.