How many pheasants in this picture? They blend in so well with the background, it is hard to tell. We got a skiff of snow, and lots of wind today. We have had unusually mild weather up until now. It will be a short winter.
The biggest news this week is that I decided to give up my quilt shop job and spend the extra day at the hospital. The board agreed to fund a part-time physician recruiter. I will spend one day a week trying to follow up current contacts and find new ones.
I am still doing the electronic health record. I spend about 20 minutes a day preloading the information for the new e-refill requests. When the physicians go through the list, it is a quick process. I've gone back to doing data entry of charts into the computer. No one else is doing it any more, and the nurses just don't have the time if they want to keep the doctor on schedule.
The process of change had put strain on good-natured people. I can see the long term benefit of the ability to study the population and do more preventative care. I've always thought we are the perfect site for study of rural health.
We are in the process of applying to be a training site for second and third year Family Practice residents. Hopefully we will be ready for a resident in 2013. We have two residents and one fourth year student here right now. What a great addition to the group. It is fun to come to work.
I thought I might regret my decision to give up the quilt shop. but I feel good about it. The owners are unsure whether to keep it going, and the indecision and lack of new fabric is apparent. It is losing value through neglect. I just don't have the desire to stand in the gap. It is not my responsibility. Time to move on.
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