I am attending the HIMAA health conference in Cairns Australia today and it brought to mind the AHIMA conference at the McCormick Center in Chicago that Jeff assisted with. We booked into the Chicago South Loop Hotel from Australia as it was close to the conference center, and when I advised Jeff he was concerned about my safety in this area of Chicago.
When I arrived at the hotel there was a large Federal Express box waiting for me with what Jeff described as a survival pack that included bread, salami, ham, cheese, nuts, crackers etc, and a bottle of red wine with a Trader Joes cork screw. I sure miss Jeff, and like others think of him as being just another email away.
Alfred Papallo