by Tony Chen

Well, it's been a while since I've last written a substantial post. I could jump on the bandwagon and make 2007 predictions about retail clinics (this one's for real), consumerism (not yet, but will hit full stride in 2008), transparency (will still be too complicated), and universal healthcare (we aren't desperate enough to make this happen). Instead, let me just confess something very plainly to start the new year.

There is actually so much that I wish I could blog about, but I can't. It turns out that my job and my blog intersect a lot more than I originally imagined. I am working on a lot of innovative, interesting initiatives (well, at least to me!) that I would love to discuss, but can't for fear of tipping our organizational hand. Thus, since my job pays the bills (and my blog currently is one of the bills!), my job wins.

Don't worry, though, there are still a lot of things to discuss. Now that I've passed the CHE exam, settled into my new job, settled into the new house, and settled into fatherhood (is there such a thing?), I'm ready to tackle the new blogging year. As always, please let me know if there are issues of specific interest to you.