A gift for (e:terry) and (e:joe) to enjoy together lol.

I was searching for the German translation for teenager because I thought Jugendlicher meant youth nit just of teenage years.

Look at the suggested words that came up with it. WTF?

Why are "terrorist" and "violent terrorist attack" air quoted?

I can't wait for more of this in my life.

Today the sessions were less oertanent to my work than yesterday but still pretty good. I was fascinated by the presentation of the Rochester HIE which is their wnyhealthelink. I asked why the HIEs aren't launching patient portals. According to the speaker, they had one and shut it because for a few reasons. He cited complexity of managing patient expectations and authentication as you'd expect. However, what I hadn't thought about was that MU 2 credits are based on the individual facilities having their own portals to get credit for Secure Health Messaging, "View, Download, Transmit, etc" This seems like a total disservice to the patients to me. Having 3 portals of my own to manage I am already frustrated. Systems like microsoft health vault could help. Maybe its the answer, to let the patient manage it at their own place. But what patients have time for that.

If the Federal or at least state government could just handle it all it would be easier for the patient. I think a lot of people are afraid of this due to the whole "death panel" drama. Really though not having a centralized place is just going to make for more duplicate tests, inconvenience for the patient, more mistakes and more complexity in diagnosis.

The conference is so massive. These pics don't even do it justice. I completed my task of finding the right contact at our EMR vendor to get started with their new API. Hopefully the promises pan out.

The Microsoft stand looks packed but they were giving away free beer and food at the time. Overall, their was so much schwag. I got nothing so far besides a mint because I didn't feel like carrying or advertising anything for other people.

In generally find myself sad after the conference each day. While my job is fun and rewarding I feel like I am missing out on all kinds of fascinating health care technology, half of which I feel capable of making myself. I also feel like I could be involved in stuff that helps more people. Maybe I could still do my job but try and get more involved with our local HIE.