The problem with the word “patient”

If you trace the origins of the word patient, you will find two very sad Latin and Greek verbs meaning “to suffer.” Then there’s its homophone, patience, a quality almost certainly required by anyone dealing with today’s health care system. Also less than positive....

The Rock Report: State of Digital Health 2011

The recent FDA regulatory chatter spurred a lot of internal conversation at Rock Health. What will it mean for our startups, and the digital health space in general? After doing some digging, we realized that there is very little consolidated data around the perceived...

Eric Ries drops some serious knowledge

Last night, we welcomed the always inspiring Eric Ries at our Thursday evening speaker series. He covered everything from gamification to cofounder angst to financing and, of course, his signature lean startup methodology. If you missed it, we have the full video...

bringing the food revolution to medical prep

By Leslie Ziegler No one tells you that the worst part of your first colonoscopy isn’t the six feet of rubber tubing going where no tubing should go. (You can’t even feel it!). Oh no. It’s the 24 hours before the procedure, at which point you must fast, drink...

quantifying sex, dating & disease

By Leslie Ziegler Go ahead. Giggle at the article Sexual Activity Tracked by FitBit Shows Up in Google Search Results (discovered by Rock Health mentor Lee Byron). Then reflect for a moment on the huge potential of that data, even just in the world of online dating....