the best medicine for hospitals might be communication

By Leslie Ziegler Good communication has always influenced health care. And now, it’s a measurement that determines the quality of a hospital’s services. The major arbiters of effectiveness and care in hospitals, historically, were quantitative things like mortality...

the rock weekly 7/5

staying fit with skimble   As the rain came down outside on the busy streets of Chinatown, we hunkered down for a productive week. Some teams met with our creative director Leslie to work on branding, others had office hours with our partners and mentors, and...

txt2stop: a smoking cessation program we like ;)

Our friends across the pond have found an effective way to help smokers quit: text messaging. In a 6,000-person trial, a group of smokers (“txt2stop group”) were sent motivational and informational texts such as “Cravings last less than 5 minutes on...