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...

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...

if airlines can get it, why can’t health?

By Leslie Ziegler What happens when you take a kick ass designer, show him/her an inefficient system or horrible interface? A few years ago, Dustin Curtis opened fire on the airline industry’s UI prowess (or lack thereof) by posting his redesign of the American...

the rock weekly

The fellows wasted no time settling into their new home to work on their game-changing ideas. Sitting in our open office space you can hear keys clicking, muffled voices of those meeting in our breakout rooms and on nice days, the sounds of Chinatown outside. Our...

New York Venture Summit

We are pleased to announce our sponsorship and offer our startup and investor friends a special discount to attend: The 2011New York Venture Summit – Where Innovation Meets Capital – July 20 – 21,2011 | Digital Sandbox |New York City Friends, Whether...

and. we’re. off!

This past week has been a big one for us.  After 2 intense weeks renovating our new space, we opened our doors for business. We have 4,000 square feet of office space in the heart of San Francisco (Chinatown to be exact).  It’s mostly open shared-space But we...