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Voyage to EHR, Day 12
On May 6, 2012, OSN columnist John Pinto launched “Voyage to EHR,” a month-long solo sail from San Diego to Honolulu aboard 24-foot “Aurelia” sponsored by Ocular Surgery News and Compulink. You can follow his mid-ocean blogs here, and track his daily progress online until his slated arrival in early June by clicking on http://tinyurl.com/AureliatoHawaii. John’s practice management blogs will resume in July.
Aloha from Aurelia, (fades out) 26 minutes north, and 133 degrees, 44 minutes west, at 9 a.m. PST on Thursday, May 17th.
We’ve managed to gallop one (fades out) nautical miles in the last 24 hours – a new record for Aurelia. We’ve been helped by steady winds and a following swell (fades out) from our usual maximum velocity of 5 knots to as much as 7 knots.
Although a two-knot difference doesn’t sound like much, it (fades out) our daily run cycle. All we need now is sunny skies, and in a couple of weeks it will be "Land Ho!"
Hope you have fun weekend plans. Mahalo from Aurelia and the Hawaiian Eye Foundation.
John’s voyage is meant to raise awareness of the similar “expedition” surgeons undertake when converting to electronic health records and will also support the work of the Hawaiian Eye Foundation. To learn more about the Foundation’s work, and make a donation supporting their eye care and surgical training services throughout the Pacific, please click on www.hawaiianeyefoundation.org.