The Atlantic brought the topic of communicating with your doctor electronically. Not long after, Bertalan Mesko's TEDx talk argued for a future in which doctors and patients could Tweet and touch.
And yesterday, Dr Atul Gawande got a range of opinions at Twitter, asking "Should doctors Friend patients on Facebook? Should they text patients?" I've captured a broad range of the responses he received at Storify.
I don't know exactly where I come down on this issue. I think being able to get in touch by email would be remarkably convenient, would deepen the relationship, and would probably help me be a better patient. But I've always wondered if doctors would be able to handle the volume of communication they'd receive and how doctors and patients would handle concerns about the timeliness of responses, people feeling their questions deserved an answer more quickly.