{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"How Social Media Might Benefit Health Care and Be Meaningful to Patient Health","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VTmztiU0IA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/how-social-media-might-benefit-health-care-and-be-meaningful-to-patient-health\/\">How Social Media Might Benefit Health Care and Be Meaningful to Patient Health<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/how-social-media-might-benefit-health-care-and-be-meaningful-to-patient-health\/embed\/#?secret=VTmztiU0IA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How Social Media Might Benefit Health Care and Be Meaningful to Patient Health&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"VTmztiU0IA\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The subtitle to this blog post should be How Strep Throat Can Lead You to Change Doctors, but there\u2019s a point here about how social media might fill a wide chasm of disconnect between patients and physicians. Maybe I&#8217;m sentimental, but I love the stories my dad tells of being a general practitioner making house calls along the shores of South Haven, Michigan. I realize there&#8217;s a lot that&#8217;s not practical about this approach today, and advantages for the current system, but every time I sit down at my dad&#8217;s piano, I remember that it was gifted to him by a patient who he took care of for many, many years. (It&#8217;s a classic 8&#8242; grand, so no trivial gift!). Can you imagine a patient-doctor relationship today that would be so \u201cmeaningful\u201d that a patient would make this type of gift to his or her physician? Can you sense the gratitude that this man must have felt towards a doctor who stopped by in the evenings to check on him, attend to his comfort, and take time for a cup of tea with the patient\u2019s worried wife? Can you guess how humbled my dad was to receive that gift? Bear..."}