Billy’s Other Downtown Diner — Not Your Ordinary Diner
There are quite a few stories on patrickWeb about the Trike. It was a sad day when I sold it, but I am happy the person who bought it from me on eBay is a fine gentleman, and he and I and a friend of his got acquainted at Billy’s Downtown Diner in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania last summer […]
My Doctoral Journey – Part 9
A number of readers, and the university, have asked me if I would recommend University of Phoenix. It depends. I had searched for an accredited, online, healthcare-related doctoral program. U of P was the best one I could find. The structure of the program, with 25 online courses and three 7-10 day residencies in your choice […]
Ridgefield
I feel very fortunate to live in Ridgefield, Connecticut. A few weeks ago, Geoffrey Morris, President at Morris Media Group and publisher of Ridgefield Magazine, and I had a chat about the future of healthcare and the Internet (see Ten Minutes with John Patrick). The following week, I gave a lecture at the new Ridgefield Library on the […]
The Future of Healthcare at the New Ridgefield Library
Ridgefielders are quite proud of their new library, and I am honored to be able to give a talk there. I stopped by the new program room today to check out the audio/video. The room seats 100+, there are multiple high-quality speakers in the ceiling, and the screen is huge. The program manager expects 75+ […]
Healthcare Insurance Information Technology
During the open enrollment period for 2014 healthcare insurance a few months ago, my wife and I chose the AARP Medicare Rx Preferred plan offered by United Healthcare, the largest health insurance provider in America. How could we go wrong? UnitedHealthcare is an operating division of UnitedHealth Group, the largest single health carrier in the United […]
