OT..Friday Posbang....TDF Edition
The main off topic sport around here seems to be soccer...which is fine. But the Tour starts tomorrow meaning I'll be a complete nerd for the next 3 weeks. I encourage everyone to watch a couple stages. It is unbelievably exciting. I'll also be running around northern MI streams in the middle of the night for week 2 of the Hex hatch. Happyhappyhappy.....
I gave up on the Pistons and haven't watched them for several years now. This latest blown opportunity just reinforces my decision. Well, I guess as long as Dumars doesn't trade Chauncey, Tayshaun and Rip the Pistons will still be OK. Huh? What? OK, nevermind.
/slowpoke
Don't worry. It'll be Mo Cheeks' fault by the end of the season.
that will NEVER be the same.
is the most underrated guitar player ever.
is that like Bonnarro??? Whose playing?
Requirements for something called Meaningful Use will be released over the weekend, meaning that this was my last relatively quiet week in a while.
you're in the Healtcare field - potentially at UMHS...what is your involvement with the implementation of Meaningful Use? Until recently I was involved with ICD-10 coding conversion with UMHS...so I can feel your pain.
Good luck with that! :)
I'm at a medium sized county hospital in Ohio. I'm the sole Interface Analyst at the hospital. So my involvement is that I need to create automated feeds that send syndromic data, lab reporting, and immunization results to the Ohio Department of Health. It's going to be a pretty arduous process, as they designate that they need a SFTP conneciton, and all of our outbound HL7 is done through VPN currently.
Wow. I definitely feel bad for you man. That's a lot of work for one person. Granted UMHS is gigantic, but the Meaningful Use team had at least 30+ people between Business Analysts, Interface Analysts/Developers, Quality Assurance, and Project Management.
Sounds like you could use some help...I'm in Toledo and looking to potentially make a change.... :)
Honestly, after initially taking over and cleaning up the interface structure here, I haven't been overworked at all. MU will change that, but only temporarily. I turned down an offer at OhioHealth in which I would have been one of six analysts. The hospital I work at is 5 minutes from my house, and my commute to Columbus would have been about 45min. Along with the state benefits for being a public employee, and it was best to stay.
What system does UMHS use? Epic? We're McKesson based. I'm not sure that we would be looking right now, but feel free to email me your LinkedIn account to bwgrudt1484 (it's a gmail account). It's never a bad idea to network within the industry.
is slowly but surely migrating to EPIC. Outpatient was first and was a resounding success despite the old fogey naysayers out there, and Inpatient I believe is August this year.
In case email doesn't make it: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brett-oliver/3/5b7/7a3
While I agree that it is a huge pain, it is doing what it is supposed to in driving the modernization of healthcare. No more paper orders... robust EMR systems... real time state syndromic reporting...
The problem with healthcare right now is that the generation of phyisicans that make the clinical workflow calls have grown up in a paper environment. They don't have time to really work on their computer skills, so are EXTREMELY resistant to change. It's true everywhere that the newer physicians are less averse to these changes. Once implemented, MU standards will really help get healthcare on the right track.
and try the PM river. Any luck going on?
I understand it's happening on Au Sable(s) and Manistee near Grayling.
It has been too long since I've thrown on the waders.
I'm planning of some dawn patrol at the local beach this weekend to test out some surf candies I tied.
This is a Michigan blog.
And last I checked, Michigan was squarely in 'MERICA. Proof:
Have a great weekend everyone! To the OP enjoy the TDF. I'll be road-tripping this weekend, driving from Chicago up to the twin cities in MN to visit friends, leaving around noon today. Safe travels to all traveling this weekend, hopefully it'll stop raining and everything can dry out!
What's the soup du jour?
Mulligatawny.
the soup of the day
Is there any video out there of Nerlens Noel's reaction to not being the first pick last night? I didn't watch it, but have heard he had a classic disappointed look on his face. A search of the Googles has turned up nothing for me.
Not a video, but it looked like this.
Found a gif on reddit
It applies to a surprisingly large percentage of the population.
When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
Glad it is friday, just a bit over two months til football starts.
Any video of Trey getting drafted last night (with Coach B reaction)? I had to miss it and my dvr failed
Any video of Trey getting drafted last night (with Coach B reaction)? I had to miss it and my dvr failed
that hatch from lakes and streams in the middle of the night. It's aboutthe only time of year that large trout will reliably come to the surface to feed. Fishing it is a combination of darkness, trying to remember where the deep holes are, a couple beers, cigar smoke, tangles, intense stress, mosquitos, the occasional broken rod and (mostly) riotous fun.
probably a tick or two
When you say big, what size are you talking about? 12-14?
Do the big trouts not come feed during the caddis hatches?
On the Lower Owens in Bishop, CA, the caddis hatch is pretty epic once spring rolls around.
These are big. 6 or an 8. Sometimes you'll get a big fish on the surface, but not usually. Here in MI the best way to get big ones to come to the surface is to go out after dark and cast frog or mouse imitations.
Dang, those are pretty big.
I guess don't yawn too much you might find out what they taste like.
Has anyone been to Ode Side Ales in Grand Haven??? I am going there this weekend and I hear good things about their brewery...any input/suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!