That's right. A new study from Ball State University has come out that shows that we in America spend an average on 9 hours A DAY consuming various forms of media - internet, TV, radio, magazines. This constant barrage of information makes me wonder (like I have in the past), when do we have time to think?

This also makes me wonder about this blog. Is this blog helping to filter the noise or am I really just adding to the noise?

I have to admit that my entries recently haven't been as thoughtful as I would hope. Why is it that we bloggers aim to post something daily? If we have nothing good to say, shouldn't we just keep quiet? Isn't one real good insight better than 10 regurgitated pieces of news? On the other hand, the daily posting enforces a certain personal discipline to "think" about something fresh and new everyday.

One other observation about blogging on hospitalimpact: I get the most comments about medical stuff or healthcare industry stuff. In other words, it seems like the majority of hospitalimpact readers aren't the people that it's aimed at: hospital administrative folks. I'm beginning to theorize that hospital admin just don't read blogs very much, while industry and medical people do. Is this a demographic thing (are hospital admin older?)? Is this a technology thing (are hospital admin less tech savvy somehow?)? Or maybe it's just because of sheer numbers?

Why is it that there are scores, if not hundreds, of doctor blogs, while there are only a handful (maybe less than that!) hospital admin blogs? Then again, patient stories will always be more interesting than revenue cycle stories.