The art of phlebotomy originated with bloodletting in 1400 B.C., and the modern clinical lab emerged in the 1960s - and it has not fundamentally evolved since then. You go in, sit down, they put a tourniquet on your arm, stick you with a needle, take these tubes and tubes of blood. Elizabeth Holmes 1960sarmart share on social
Fundamentally, the answers to our challenges in healthcare relies in engaging and empowering the individual. Elizabeth Holmes answerchallengeempower Change image and share on social
Too often you see someone fall, break a rib, go in to the doctor and discover a tumor. Elizabeth Holmes breakdiscoverdoctor Change image and share on social
With some diseases, like type 2 diabetes, if people get alerted early, they can take steps to avert getting sick. Elizabeth Holmes alertavertdiabetes Change image and share on social
We know more about our credit cards than we know about our bodies. Elizabeth Holmes bodycardcredit Change image and share on social
No one thinks of the lab-testing experience as positive. It should be! One way to create that is to help people engage with the data once their physicians release it. You can't do that if you don't really understand why you're getting certain tests done and when you don't know what the results mean when you get them back. Elizabeth Holmes backcreatedatum share on social
My father did a lot of disaster relief work, and he was always in places where there was a lot of pain. Elizabeth Holmes disasterfatherlot Change image and share on social
I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier. Elizabeth Holmes earlygiveidea Change image and share on social
Thernos 1.0 is an external point-of-care BlackBerry. Elizabeth Holmes blackberrycareexternal Change image and share on social
What I really want out of life is to discover something new: something mankind didn't know was possible to do. Elizabeth Holmes discoverlifemankind Change image and share on social