Informant General

There has been a lot of interest in the meaningful use debate surrounding electronic medical records (EMRs) of late, but I read a post by @TedEytan that got me thinking about a different kind of 'meaningful use'. The topic of his post was the differences between mHealth and eHealth, but what really caught my eye was the coined term "Internet's Informant General" (to describe @SusannahFox of Pew Internet). I had not come across the term before and I found it very striking. I have recently been working on a project involving panels of key informants representing their respective countries and the idea of this combined with a 'representative virtual office' like Internet Informant General was oddly compelling for some reason....much more than another in a line of czars (little 'c'). The fact that this office was faux filled by someone on the strength of their research (and ability to communicate/disseminate it) made it even more interesting as an idea.