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So I had to get some stitches this week when a tray full of retroviral plasmid samples came flying across the lab and smacked me in the head. Happens pretty regularly, actually. Poltergeists, you see. There are those who say that it was a mistake to build my lab atop the sanctified Chippewa Burial Grounds for the Criminally Insane (later the LeVay Memorial Sanitarium for Lepers and Satanic Cultists), but hey -- the price was right.
 The incident led indirectly to the following item, forwarded by loyal reader and delightfully puckish anesthesiologist E. Flanigan. It seems New York physician Jay Parkinson is attempting a new approach to private practice -- virtual house calls. Send Jay an email regarding your ailment (preferably with attached photos or video), and he'll get back to you likewise -- via chat/IM/videoconferencing, etc. In fact, for $500/year, you can have the good doctor essentially on call as your own personal e-physician.
While this might leave something to be desired in terms of, you know, actual human contact, Jay's website is pretty convincing, I must say. I like the idea that he's aiming this for younger wired folk who, for whatever reason, may not be participating in our wondrously efficient American health insurance system. There's a blog and FAQ, and Jay has a fresh perspective that should appeal to the technophilic crowd.
"An e-Visit is a rapidly emerging concept that uses communication technology to manage health and disease. Many doctor visits can be avoided by simply talking with your doctor, or emailing photos, or video chatting face-to-face. Nearly every young adult has a digital camera or phone camera. Video chatting is becoming increasingly more common. I believe in harnessing these ubiquitous technologies to optimize your health. It's the wave of the future for affordable healthcare."
Hey Doc, you sold me. I'll be emailing you some shots of this skin rash I got last week, after checking out that meteorite crash in Peru. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
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