As we wind down the year enjoying the spirit of a magnificent holiday season with family and friends, I want to take this opportunity to thank you, my readers, for your support and, most importantly, your contribution of ideas.  Ideas are one of life’s great treasures, and I value your contributions.

As a former newspaper writer, this blog has allowed me to reconnect with that experience and has provided me with enormous joy and satisfaction.  

The New Year will bring a major change for the blog.  Since its inception, it has been hosted by TypePad, a site that was created to accommodate the rapid surge of the blogosphere.  Sometime in the next 30 days we will move HealthCare Voice to my web site, www.johngself.com.  This move will coincide with the unveiling of my revamped web platform and integrate the blog with expanded news and career management information that will be featured on the upgraded site.  We will provide you ample notice  along with instructions to ensure that your subscription continues uninterrupted.  

As always, if there are issues or ideas that you would like to address, let me know.  Ideas, even the ones about which we disagree, are important and worthy of discussion.

In the meantime, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or a fulfilling Kwanzaa.  Cheers.