How good is your doctor?

PHP co-founder, John Peabody’s, passion has been to make sure that every-person, everywhere gets the best clinical care. John did this by solving the vexing problem of measuring clinical practice—what your doctor does—when they see you.  By 2000, Dr Peabody, who is an MD, PhD, had created and validated an online simulated-patient platform. His software tool takes a detailed look at an individual providers patient care and compares their practices to best practices.  In 2012, John took his concept into the marketplace and started his company, QURE.  The company was widely hailed as an innovation in measurement, grew rapidly and began being used in health care systems—hospitals and doctors—throughout the US. In 2021, he and his wife, Camellia Peabody, sold QURE and put a large portion of the proceeds into Peabody Health Philanthropies (PHP), their newly formed 501c3 organization.  A stipulation of the sale was that John and Camellia could retain the rights to use their simulated patient platform in the poorest parts of the world, free of charge.  Today the platform, now known as EQIS (E-patient Quality Improvement and Standardization), measures clinical decisions and gives real-time feedback on quality of medical care to large groups of providers in low- and middle-income countries.  

Camellia Ngo Peabody, the other PHP co-founder, worked for more than 25 years as a c-suite executive in Silicon Valley.  Camellia, a lawyer by training, took a handful starts ups and successfully led their software development initiatives—in and out of the United States—to financially successful exits. Camellia’s real passion is people: teaching, coaching and behavioral change. She works at the individual and at the institutional level. Before leading and transitioning start-ups, Mrs. Peabody worked in developmental agriculture in Vietnam, where she was born and lived until she was eight years old.  Together with John, they are committed to a hands-on approach to philanthropy and improving the health of the vulnerable and poor.

In 2022, Camellia and John founded Peabody Health Philanthropies (PHP). Their shared vision is to combat global healthcare inequalities through scientific innovation and personal engagement. Motivated by a deep commitment to standardizing care and teaching others how to use the EQIS platform, they started PHP and today are transforming healthcare quality in different parts of the world.

John and Camellia met online, and their first few dates were on a golf course where they learned neither worried too much about their score and that they had mutual friends, shared experiences and the same philanthropic passions for working overseas. Their connection grew and grew, they got married, retired, and now find themselves busier than ever with PHP.