darkshapes, MD

By Andrew Meyer on October 13, 2007

Photo Cred: Noah K

I phlog (photo+blog) my photography over on world-renowned (not really) photo collective TUFTS vs CITS regularly. A lot of the kids over at TUFTS vs CITS are big fans of the Flickr photographer darkshapes, especially me. I regularly check his new stuff out along with other big Flickr photographers Noah K and bennybedlam.

A couple of weeks ago, I was looking at Noah K's photos and I came across this shot he took of darkshapes on the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I read the caption under the photo and it said:

If you live in or close to Williamsburg, Brooklyn you should definitely check
out his services.
www.jayparkinsonmd.com

My first thoughts were "What the hell, darkshapes is a doctor?!?" Than I followed the link to his site JayParkinsonMD. The guy not only takes great photos but he's also decided to completely embrace and integrate Internet technology into his practice.

He is planning to have roughly 1000 patients in the Williamsburg area. You enroll for his services online and he makes an initial house visit to make sure you guys are right for each other. From there on, you can contact him at any time during the day via email, phone, IM or snail mail. When you break something he helps you find the cheapest x-ray in the city and if you need some medicine he helps you find it at the best price. If you want a house visit you can schedule yourself into an open space on his online calendar (he provides two more free house visits along with his $500 yearly fee).

It's amazing how he has embraced technology to provide almost instant doctor advice to his patients while actively helping them find the best prices on everything from x-rays to medicine to insurance. You can follow his thoughts on his JayParkinsonMD blog. He recently had a great post on the tricky things dermatologists try to pull.

The WSJ Health Blog had a great interview with him a couple of weeks ago.

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