• RIAA Unfairly Maligned? Give Me a Break. - More on the RIAA and attempts to manage disruption, from Mashable.
• Characteristics of Recipients of Free Prescription Drug Samples: A Nationally Representative Analysis — Cutrona et al., 10.2105/AJPH.2007.114249 — American Journal of Public Health - Study demonstrating that free drug samples are not a safety net. In my practice career I have never used samples (and I’ve never prescribed celecoxib or rofecoxib, either).
• Health Affairs — eLetters for Walker et al., 0 (2005) 5101 - Comment on interoperable HIT being a net gain/loss for physicians, by Peter Basch, MD, of Medstar Health. I agree that we have to be cautious of theorized benefit in this case.
• Health Affairs — eLetters for Adler-Milstein et al., 0 (2007) 271601 - Comment from Peter Basch, MD, about the sequencing and business case for RHIOs not being ready yet.
• Dupont Circle Citizens Association - Learning more about my community. There has been an uptick in crime, unfortunately.

I can’t let a week go by without celebrating the wonderment of public transportation here. Even if the fares just went up, it’s a great deal if you plot it as dollars per mile, and if you’re paying $4.00 per mile, that probably means you should have walked in the first place.

This photo is of the East Falls Church Metro, on one of the coldest days of the year yet. The photo does not quite capture the cold hands of the photographer, which are a distant memory anyway, as we head into 60 degree weather.

The photo below is courtesy of eye captain.