Everybody has a deadline. (Editor's Notebook).MY SON, JACOB, IS MY HERO. He really is. He's a 7-year-old with compassion and a funny side. He has talents (such as drawing) that I never even knew he had. But he also finds it hard to stay focused. Common for a 7-year-old? Some might say, It's been no small source of frustration for his mother and me. We know that if he shows a greater ability to focus, then he, too, will be promoted to advanced green belt in his karate karate: see martial arts. karate Martial art in which an attacker is disabled by crippling kicks and punches. Emphasis is on concentration of as much of the body's power as possible at the point and instant of impact. class, the way his 7-year-old best friend, Daniel was three weeks ago. But Jake doesn't respond to the same stimuli that Daniel does. We know that he'd remember to stop using his shirt as a napkin napkin See Sanitary napkin. and that he wouldn't keep losing his earplugs at camp if only he'd make a greater effort to focus. And I can't wait to stop having to remind him to turn out the light every time he leaves the bathroom. But why all this talk of clean hands freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. See also: Hand and keeping up with friends? It's a matter of heightened awareness and attention to detail. I believe Jake will improve with time. I suppose Jacob has a lot in common with many of you (except that you probably now turn the light out every time you leave the bathroom). Especially as certain deadlines loom loom, frame or machine used for weaving; there is evidence that the loom has been in use since 4400 B.C. Modern looms are of two types, those with a shuttle (the part that carries the weft through the shed) and those without; the latter draw the weft from a over you, it's sometimes easier to move on to what you do well (in Jake's case it's assembling Legos[R], in your case it's attending to residents) rather than do what you have to do (in Jake's case it's cleaning up the playroom before bedtime bedtime Sleep disorders The time when one attempts to fall asleep–as distinguished from the time when one gets into bed , in your case it's assuring that you're completing your Transaction and Code Sets compliance by HIPAA's Oct. 16 deadline). In this month's cover story, "Racing toward the deadline," which starts on page 26, Senior Editor Suzanne Bilyeu outlines what is expected of you and when. Please take heed Verb 1. take heed - listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" listen, hear focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and of what people like Achieve Healthcare Information Systems HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, compliance officer Robert Feightner mean when they say, "No individual facility in a chain is going to be so much like the others that the same compliance plan is absolutely interchangeable from facility to facility." Like Jacob, you'll have to find your own plan for achieving the goals you need to by deadline. Of course, HIPAA could threaten to send you straight to your room and cancel your play dates, but then again it hasn't worked that well on Jacob. Mark Zacharia Editor-in-Chief and Publisher (mark@leisurepub.com) |
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