• NAHIT Releases HIT Definitions | News | Healthcare Informatics - Long awaited, and helpful. The difference between "P" and "E"HR appears just to be control. "P"HR is controlled by the patient. I still believe that the customer of both is the patient, and these definitions are consistent with that idea.

When in California last week, I went to visit Larry Leisure, President, North America, and Deryk Van Brunt, DrPH, Senior VP of Business Development for iMetrikus.

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iMetrikus is part of the Continua Alliance, and has expertise in collecting and processing patient derived biometric data using FDA-cleared gateways, and in presenting the data to support clinical workflow. Here are a few images of the devices. The MetrikLink device connects many different devices via a phone line or PC, but it is not required if the device has standard connectors. There is also a mobile platform, especially interesting for patients who may rely on a cell phone for Internet connectivity.

• NEJM — Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials and Its Influence on Apparent Efficacy - Discussion of conflict of interest in publishing research in journals.

• BarCamp wiki / HealthCampMd - June 14, I can't go, but I like the transparency of the setup, down to the finances, of this Health 2.0 get together

• Questions Are the Answer - AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - supporting reduction of medical errors and accuracy - through patient involvement. Now the health system can meet patients half way by providing this information as part of every encounter.