How one company revolutionized health care by making scheduling a doctor's appointment as easy as ordering a pizza http://t.co/kOY2ofY1Eq

— The Verge (@verge) August 5, 2013

I know intuitively that I respond well to practitioners who take time to shake my hand. To learn what that handshake can accomplish is amazing. I've seen Verghese comment on adopting new technology before. (via MedGadget)

I've got to admit that my curiosity about and enthusiasm for this device dropped precipitously when a success rate of only 83% was revealed. Still... (via MedGadget)

Shira Toeplitz provides the perspective I've been looking for in explaining my stroke experience. You get better, but you don't really recover.

The last four years of my dad’s life were frustratingly humorless, especially for my sister, who handled most of his care during and just after her college years. A sudden brain injury and diabetic complications had left him unconscious in the ICU for weeks. In his early 60s, he had to learn to talk, walk, think and type all over again. He improved but never fully recovered.

The @consumerreports "medical journal" asks "Who's In Charge?" http://t.co/P9M3DBitUw in "A Doctor's Office That's All About you"

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 17, 2013

Some of this stuff sounds like a dream come true.