Changing of the Guard!
It seems like an eon since the election, and like a little kid at Christmas, it hardly seems real that today is finally The Day. Regardless of how you feel about the transition, I think everyone agrees that we're on the cusp of some of the biggest changes in our lifetime. Certainly, not all of them will be good because we have to claw our way up from Ground Zero first, but one thing obstacles do is to unite people--and in a decidedly nonpartisan way because our problems aren't going to discriminate along party lines or other arbitrary criteria. We've already witnessed the biggest political awakening of our younger generation and political activism such as we haven't seen since the '60s. I think there are equal parts of trepidation and excitement. Did you volunteer for yesterday's Day of Service? Will you continue to do so? Do you know that you can actually have a voice, or at least vent your concerns to let this administration know what WE find important?
For those of us in health care specifically, it will be interesting to see how the new regime will affect us. I personally don't think EHRs (which are, unfortunately, supposed to be a priority) are going to be as great a boon as promised, unless you're the ones selling the software--which probably won't work so swiftly, if they operate anything like the crap MTs have to deal with already, especially speech recognition engines. More importantly, I'm anxious to see how the new agenda to keep jobs in this country will impact us, and whether we have new avenues to obtain education for those of us who've already been outsourced to extinction. What new jobs are likely under new regulations?
Yep, it's a new day dawning. After the pomp and circumstance, we all get down to business. We're sure to have a wild ride, but at least it feels like there's a steady hand at the helm. Out with the old and in with the new!