The Weekly Minute - Dec. 9, 2022
My family is still battling our sickness. In fact, we all tested positive for COVID this past week, the first time we tested positive since the pandemic began. Prayers are welcome.
With that being said, let’s get after it this week.
What I’ve Read This Week
“Researchers studied the effects of a 20-minute walk on the cognitive performance of a group of children.” (via Sahil Bloom on Twitter)
“I asked 1 billionaire, 1 PHD math professor and 1 99 year old man what self-reflection questions they asked themselves.” (via Greg Isenberg on Twitter)
These questions make you feel more fulfilled in life, love & career. Ask yourselves these questions each day…
Simplifiers (via Naomi Gleit)
From Naomi, “A simplifier is someone who can take a complex situation and explain it in the easiest way possible for everyone to understand. They don’t oversimplify; details and nuance still matter, but they can introduce and unfold things in a way that makes practical sense, and puts everyone on the same page.”
She suggests one way to be a simplifier is to start with basic organizing principles or building blocks. From there, you can logically and sequentially build on top of them like a “School Pyramid.”
The “School Pyramid”
Imagine that you’re a Math teacher about to walk into a class. What you are going to say will depend in large part on the level of sophistication of your students.
Understanding starts with the most basic building blocks at the top of the pyramid, and gets more detailed and comprehensive as you move down.
What I Watched This Week
“FIFA Uncovered” on Netflix
With the Qatar World Cup going on now, this is a must watch to see the corruption in the sport. From power struggles to global politics, an exploration of FIFA reveals the organization's checkered history and what it takes to host a World Cup. Eek.
Another bonus, this 30-min episode of ‘Last Week Tonight’ from John Oliver as he discusses the Qatar World Cup and the human rights violations happening in the sporting event’s host country.
A New Framework
The Eisenhower Decision Matrix // This very famous framework is about putting all of your tasks on a 2x2 matrix of urgency and importance.
(1) Important & Urgent (DO)
(2) Important & Not Urgent (DECIDE)
(3) Not Important & Urgent (DELEGATE)
(4) Not Important & Not Urgent (DELETE)
One Quote
“If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.“ - Henry Ford
Healthcare Corner
Hospitals and Health Systems Charging for MyChart Messages (Here and Here, via Becker’s)
When Cleveland Clinic said it would begin billing for certain Epic MyChart messages this November, it set off a fiery debate across the healthcare industry around hospital finances, patient access and physician burnout.
It’s a natural moment as technology becomes a bigger part of patient’s health. But it quickly becomes a provider vs. patient scenario. Providers are all for billing — and understandatbly so— as it can be added medical advice and time required by physicians. From the patient perspective, however, they can be frustrated with an added expense.
Now at least seven other health systems nationwide have also started billing patients for some types of messages sent over patient portals, including those about new symptoms, prescription issues, and those that require extensive time from a clinician to review a patient's medical history.
