Richard L. Clarke, DHA, FHFMA
President and CEO, HFMA
An HFMA blog? What is the world coming to? (I just ended a sentence with a preposition--so things are changing.) And why would HFMA jump into this fray?
I must admit I’m new to this blogging stuff. So, to come up to speed, I searched the web and found a blog on the history and perspective of “weblogs” (web-logs), or the more common blogs.
According to that blog, Rebecca’s Pocket, the phrase was coined by Jorn Barger in December 1977 (ancient history from a web standpoint). Barger and several others maintained and shared logs on the web of their personal and professional perspectives, concerns, and beliefs--often linking to web sites that discussed a topic in which they were interested. Over time, a community developed of people publishing their own blogs--then listings, portals, blogging tools, and so on--emerged. Now there are...well, there are a lot of blogs out there.
Starting this month, the HFMA blog will begin to operate. Called HFMA Views, the blog will have a strategic focus, presenting news and commentary regarding the major forces affecting the business of health care. We also will provide thought leadership on key issues in health care and link to white papers, articles, and books by leading thinkers. Anecdotal comments will be presented to round out the hard news and high-level thinking on issues with gut reactions--this will be a place to capture some of those insightful hallway and water cooler conversations.
The HFMA blog will have several entries per day of about 100-250 words each, so it will be a quick and easy read. We’ll use HFMA staff, subject matter experts, and others to contribute content. Visitors will be able to post comments on this content.
I’m excited about this new service, and plan to contribute to it. This technique is yet another way in which HFMA is working to become your indispensable resource on healthcare finance.
