Down to the Home Stretch

My last stop before arriving in Washington DC, I met with members of the Tidewater Chapter of AHDI in Virginia Beach, VA and several of their guests. Among the group included a coding professional, a gynecologist, a military spouse attending M-Tech and her Navy husband, and a hospitalist. It was interesting to listen to the perspectives from other disciplines in healthcare. It's no surprise that everyone is feeling the pinch with healthcare reform, the need to embrace change, and realization that health information exchange, if standardized correctly, will be a major achievement in improving patient care and decreasing medical errors.

It's hard to believe that I'm nearing the end of the trip although I look forward to settling into a new home and building a presence in Washington DC for the clinical documentation sector. It will be nice to be on the East coast again, knowing that when I wake up I'm not three hours behind the other side of the country but ahead. This means I'll find out earlier who wins American Idol before someone from my family calls up and ruins the surprise.

We've got a great deal of work ahead of us - important work. Together we will make a major contribution to healthcare reform by working on policies, standards, best practices, and programs to ensure that the workforce is delivering accurate, timely, and relevant clinical information to optimize healthcare delivery.

262 miles driven today
3,344 total miles driven