2. At the risk of antagonizing the many HIS vendor CEOs who
have been so helpful in writing my HIS-tory series of their
firms over the past year, this week features another special
episode for the Christmas season.
To make this holiday a little merrier (and with a little inside
help from the NSA), we managed to get copies ofthe leading
HIS vendor executives’ private letters to Santa.
So sit back in your office chair, warm up your egg nog (or that
stale office coffee), and enjoy these somewhat “punny”
missives meant to poke a little fun at the bosses of our top 13
HIS vendors, listed by order of revenue. Hope Yule like it!
(PS - our attorney can be reached at: 800/555-1212)
3.
4. Dear Mr. Claus,
To make my day this
Xmas, I’d like another epic
sale the size of IHC...
Yours truly,
Neal Patterson
7. Santa,
Since we are based in
Chicago, the biggest help you could
be is to get those Bulls to start
beating the Bears! (on Wall Street,
that is…)
Sincerely,
Paul Black
8. Dear Mr. Claus,
Could you please
help us find a buyer for our
BDM Pharmacy Division?
(…what? Oh…) Sorry,
never mind.
Sincerely,
9. Santa,
This year, I’d like a
Magic wand so all of our
Clients can be Served on
a single Release (6).
Yours,
10. Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is
that our next Opus
encompasses the whole
Sphere of our ambulatory
systems.
Sincerely yours,
11. Santer,
All we’d really like this yeah
is to sell our system to just one
really big hospital for a change
– say, one that’s over 100 beds.
Oh awright, howabout one over
25 beds?
Y’all have a merry one!
Boyd Douglas
12. Dear Santa,
We’d really appreciate it
if you could make that other
“HMS” in New York change
their initials.
Many thanks,
14. Dear Mr. Claus,
Can you please find us some nice office
space in Reston, Virginia, that is located on a
street that is named something besides
“Sunset?” You see, we really have this Affinity
for making Quantimleaps forward…
Many thanks,
Jeff Bender
15.
16. Dear Santa,
Please have Vince stop sending me any more of
these silly episodes next year – they are costing me
too many sponsors. In return, I promise I will start
being a very good boy.
Fondest regards to you and Mrs. Claus,
Yours truly,
Mr. HIS-talk
