Murphy: your new virtual pet therapist

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Murphy Cares is an all women start-up from the healthcare profession who have created a platform that pairs videos of dogs in their natural environments with the people who need them. Murphy is your online pet therapist.

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Michele Davey

Michele Davey has been a nurse at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for 24 years. She has been at the child's bedside and experienced birth, death and everything in between. Her experience includes working with a cutting edge fetal surgical team, working on a cardiac intensive care unit as well as a high acuity medical floor. She is a passionate advocate for patients. She has transformed her clinical expertise into the world of healthcare innovation. With the creation of the Murphy Cares mobile platform her goal is to expand her reach in helping people deal with loneliness and anxiety.

http://www.MurphyCares.com
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Bonnie Offit

Bonnie has been a general pediatrician in the Philadelphia region for over 25 years, most of those years proudly working for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) both in the primary care network and the urgent care section of the emergency room. For the past two years she has worked as a clinical advisor in the new office of digital health at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia focusing on Telehealth projects (video visits with patients). Bonnie is also the founder and a managing owner of three Bonnie's Toppings Frozen yogurt shops located at the southern part of the Jersey shore. Tapping into her start-up and technical experience, she has teamed up with her colleague Michele Davey and the other members of the all-women team to help bring Michele's vision of digital pet therapy to reality with the Murphy Care's platform. For more information : https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnieoffitmd/

http://www.MurphyCares.com
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What inspired you to make this project?
Michele and I have both been frontline pediatric clinicians for many years and experienced children trying to handle the stress of being in in the hospital. We have also seen the growing numbers of people experiencing anxiety. We wanted to offer a way to safely handle stress and reach many.