Empowering Families: O’Ryan Health’s Mission to Revolutionize At-Home Pediatric Blood Sampling
Empowering Families: O’Ryan Health’s Mission to Revolutionize At-Home Pediatric Blood Sampling
For families with medically fragile children, routine blood tests can be a challenging and stressful experience. Frequent hospital visits, long wait times, fear of needles, and the discomfort of traditional blood draws add to the already complex healthcare journey. At O’Ryan Health, we believe there is a better way—a way that puts families in control and ensures children receive the highest quality of care from the comfort of home.
A Trusted Brand for At-Home Pediatric Blood Sampling
O’Ryan Health was founded on the vision of transforming pediatric healthcare through innovation, accessibility, and trust. Our Artemis platform is leading this charge, providing families with the tools they need to collect high-quality blood samples at home. What started as a mission to advance research for pediatric autoimmune diseases has evolved into a broader goal: to become the gold standard in at-home pediatric blood sampling, offering solutions for routine lab monitoring, genetic testing, and disease diagnosis.
We recognize that families—especially those caring for children with rare and chronic conditions—need more than just a convenient service. They need a trusted partner that prioritizes accuracy, safety, and ease of use. That’s why we have designed our platform to meet the highest medical and scientific standards while ensuring a child-friendly experience that reduces fear and discomfort.
How the Artemis Platform Works
The Artemis platform streamlines the process of at-home blood collection with a simple, efficient, and reliable system:
1. Easy Enrollment – Families can sign up through our secure online portal, where they receive guidance on the collection process.
2. Convenient Sample Collection – Using the TAP II device, a virtually painless blood collection tool, parents can obtain high-quality samples without using traditional needle sticks.
3. Secure Sample Transport – Collected samples are safely packaged and sent to our partner labs for advanced analysis, including genomic sequencing, biomarker discovery, and routine blood panels.
4. Actionable Insights – Initially focused on research, our platform will evolve to deliver results digitally, aiming to empower families with personalized health data that can eventually support care decisions alongside their physicians.
Meet the Superheroes of O’Ryan Health
At O’Ryan Health, we believe every child is a superhero in their health journey. That’s why we’ve created a team of animated superhero scientists who guide children through the experience of at-home blood collection and make understanding their health data fun and empowering. After each sample is analyzed, kids receive a personalized comic book featuring their own data as a dynamic, visual representation. In these comic books, our superhero scientists walk children through their results in an engaging, age-appropriate way, turning complex science into a story of courage, discovery, and resilience. It’s more than just data—it’s a mission they get to lead.
Supporting Medically Fragile Children and Their Families
At O’Ryan Health, our mission extends beyond research—we are committed to empowering families and improving outcomes for children with complex medical needs. For parents navigating the uncertainties of rare diseases, our platform will offer peace of mind, reducing the logistical burden of frequent hospital visits by enabling safe and easy blood collection at home. By bringing blood sampling into the home, we will help families avoid stressful clinical visits while ensuring that children receive the care they need in a familiar and comfortable environment.
We also believe in the power of community. Through our partnerships with rare disease organizations, advocacy groups, and pediatric healthcare providers, we are building a network of support for families who often feel isolated in their healthcare journeys. By putting parents and children at the center of innovation, we are changing the way pediatric medicine is researched, delivered, and understood.
Looking to the Future
As we continue to grow, O’Ryan Health is committed to expanding our capabilities, forming new partnerships, and advancing research that improves pediatric care. Our goal is clear: to make at-home blood collection a trusted and routine part of pediatric healthcare, ensuring that every child—regardless of their condition or location—has access to the diagnostics they need.
We invite families, healthcare providers, and advocates to join us in this mission. Together, we can rewrite the future of pediatric healthcare—one blood sample at a time.
***For more information, visit https://oryan.health or follow our journey at https://rareundiagnosed.org/blog/
Contact information: Gina Zanik (Szajnuk)
Co-founder and Executive Director, Rare and Undiagnosed Network (RUN)
Vice Chair, Utah Rare Disease Advisory Council (RDAC)
W www.rareundiagnosed.org
E ginaszajnuk@gmail.com P (310) 883-4353
To Read: A mother’s unrelenting crusade to help those trapped in the wilderness of the undiagnosed – by Lee Benson
To Read: “What is the hardest part of being undiagnosed?” by Gina Szajnuk
To Read: “Undiagnosed is a Diagnosis” by Ava and Gina Szajnuk
To Read: The Szajnuk Journey
To Read: “Push Through” by Ava Szajnuk
To Listen: RARE Cast by Global Genes: “A Young Rare Disease Advocate Discusses Life with an Undiagnosed Condition”
