Judy Faulkner

The people I work with, they would go around the country showing their colleagues, look what we have.

And then they'd call me up and ask me to start a company.

And I would say no.

And they would repeat again.

I had no interest in starting a company.

I had no idea how to do it.

So that went on for a couple of years.

I would sometimes get four calls a week, start a company.

And I'd always just say no.

Until one day, I met a guy who had spun off a lab system from the UW.

And he said, well, there's three things you have to do.

Get a good lawyer, get a good accountant, get permission from the university.

So I started to do that.

And then there was a group of people that I worked with who were obvious to be part of the initial company.

And in their off hours, they would help out.

I think that health care in general, the people who work in it, the doctors, the registrars, the administrators are very, very ethical.

And sometimes it's really hard on them.

A young person, when I was having dinner with someone, showed up.

in their ED with something that could have cost them multi-million dollars and he wasn't insured.

Do they take care of them?