Author: DOuG pRATt

Not Dead Yet

Last night was very rough. I’m amazed I got any sleep, but this morning the worst of it seems to be over. The congestion, runny nose, and sneezing indicate it’s just a plain, old cold. As colds go, it sure didn’t stay mild. My ribcage hurts from the coughing, and this headache could use some aspirin, but I’m improving. From now on, I’ll be masked whenever I’m indoors in a public place. Does that mean no more eating in restaurants? Yes, so it’ll be take-out for me, at least until Spring.

Word Salad Healthcare

It’s Time to Level Up Value-Based Care by Integrating Real-Time Patient Insights into Workflows

https://histalk2.com/2022/11/30/readers-write-its-time-to-level-up-value-based-care-by-integrating-real-time-patient-insights-into-workflows/

Uh… what? This gibberish was written by a person, and not generated by AI software? The body of the article has more of the same.

“This is especially true during high-impact moments in a patient’s care journey such as medication checks care transitions, post-treatment follow-ups and screenings, where complete insights can make timely follow-up care and achieving associated quality measures more attainable.
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“From there, providers can make informed care decisions and implement corresponding workflows for timely, effective post-discharge transitions and follow-up treatment to increase member engagement.”

I should send this to my sister who’s a retired MD. She recently had knee replacement surgery and could use a laugh.

After twelve hours of sleep, interrupted by coughing fits, my own medical status hasn’t improved since yesterday. Is it a cold, or perhaps a case of the flu? If the latter, I’m glad I had a flu shot a couple of months ago, or I would be feeling much worse.

Masked, Innoculated, Boosted, and Sick

I’m not feeling any better than I did yesterday. In fact, I feel worse. Despite my taking every reasonable precaution against catching whatever it is that I caught.

Eating out at the Cheesecake Factory seemed to have been my downfall. It’s a respiratory illness, not food-borne, so I am recommending their excellent Tuscan Chicken specialty dish.

https://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/recipes/tuscan-chicken

I’m going to bed super early and hope that recovery is coming my way soon.

Tech Talk

This month marks one year of blogging without technical trouble, after several years of the WordPress installation hanging on by a virtual thread. Well, that’s not entirely correct. There was a problem not long ago.

The SSL certificate for HTTPS encryption that comes with my level of hosting service doesn’t work. I paid $80 for a 3rd party certificate, and it’s working. Fine, whatever, as long as the WordPress dashboard looks like this.

Anyway, the point is that, after sixteen years, I can either keep doing this… or not. If I quit it will be at my discretion, and not out of frustration because the site keeps crashing.

Not on the Advice of Counsel

“[Bankman-Fried] said he was speaking publicly against the advice of his lawyers, who have instructed him to keep quiet.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/business/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-collapse.html

Kid, in your own best interest, shut up. Apologizing and saying you made mistakes isn’t going to cut it. You learned the lesson that money talks with politicians, making it possible for you to play in the big leagues. You’re going to learn what the flip side of that lesson means.