EPISODE · May 12, 2021 · 41 MIN
E92: Liz Markle of Open Source Wellness - Community is Medicine
from A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation · host The Innovation Engine at Atrium Health
Liz Markle PhD believes innovation in health and wellness isn't a new pill or superfood or wearable but a return to the universally applicable and radically simple advice to move, nourish, connect, and be. Tired of patients not making progress in between doctor visits, Liz wanted to make it easier for people to design their lives so that healthy behaviors were the default. Enter Open Source Wellness, a "behavioral pharmacy" that is high-touch and powered by connection, leading to health transformation. Listen to learn more about: Liz's career arc The genesis story of Open Source WellnessOSW's business modelHow a hypothetical $10b grant from the Gates Foundation would scale OSWVideo: What is Open Source Wellness?Credit to Mad*Pow and the Health Experience Design Conference for making the connection.On Twitter:@DrElizMarkle@OpenSourceWell@SherpaPod@TheBenReport@JayGerhartSupport the show
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Liz Markle PhD believes innovation in health and wellness isn't a new pill or superfood or wearable but a return to the universally applicable and radically simple advice to move, nourish, connect, and be. Tired of patients not making progress in between doctor visits, Liz wanted to make it easier for people to design their lives so that healthy behaviors were the default. Enter Open Source Wellness, a "behavioral pharmacy" that is high-touch and powered by connection, leading to health trans...
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