Twenty-five years ago, Michael O’Neil was a graduate student at Georgetown University, engaged to be married and lying in a hospital bed being treated for cancer.

Little did O’Neil know that his diagnosis would inspire him to revolutionize the way patients would receive information during their hospital stay by creating a digital health company that provides patients with education tools.

During an interview with Dan Simons on the newest episode of WTOP’s Founding DC , O’Neil looked back at that time in his life.

“I waited eight days for pathology to come back when I was laying in that bed so uncomfortable from the surgery, confused and afraid, like all of us actually are, and truly starving for information,” O’Neil said.

Finally, O’Neil thought he was going to learn about his diagno

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