I'm off to Seattle tonight for a week for my sister-in-law's wedding. Our hotel room has internet access, but I've decided not to bring the old laptop - we figure that traveling with a 6-week old will be enough excitement to keep us buzzing. maybe I should start a new father blog...

See ya'll next week...

By now, I think we are all familiar with Grand Rounds - the carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere.

Recently, a few other carnivals have spawned from big pappa Grand Rounds:
- Change of Shift - as you could guess, it's a nurse-focused carnival (just had their 2nd edition)
- Health Wonk Review - the best of healthcare policy wonks, economists, leaders, and businessfolk (just released their 11th edition)
- Patient-Consumer - the best (and worst) of patient stories. (just released their 2nd edition)

Amazing, isn't it? At this very moment, we can surf the blogosphere to find the best blogging perspectives from doctors, nurses, policywonks, and patients. What's next? There seems to be two more major gaps: Healthcare IT and hospital leaders.

Speaking of hospital leaders, I wanted to draw your attention to another hospital leader blog, Lotus Health, by J. Dinger, the VP of Srategic Advancement for a 5-hospital system in TN. Welcome JD to the healthcare blogosphere!