2010年12月7日星期二

Nurse Jody Makes Housecalls By E-Bike


Registered nurse Jody Hoppis wanted more time with her patients, and a schedule that would accomodate her life as a working mom of three. So she ditched her job at a family practice clinic and set up her own nursing practice calledmymobilemedicine, of medical house calls made exclusively by electric bicycle.

Photo stills courtesyKomo News.Hoppis bikes in a 15-mile radius around the town of Bellingham, Washington, making house calls to individual patients.Hoppis carries all of her equipment - a laptop computer and a "diagnostic bag" with stethescope and blood pressure reader - in a custom-made bright orange bike trailer. It is modeled on a waterproof (and lockable) trailer used by Scottish postal carriers. HerKalkhoff Pro Connect Sporte-bike provides a bit of extra power for making her rounds.Hoppis told theBellingham Heraldthat her bike-based business cuts out a lot of the overhead of a regular office, and she can not only see patients quickly as they call or e-mail requesting a visit, but spend more time with them than a busy medical office.She makes nearly all of her patient visits by e-bike, and her Mobile Medicine web site spells out her medical philosophy, which is to treat patient symptoms, rather than just work from diagnostic tests.It¡¯s always great to see people expanding the role of bikes in making viable businesses.

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