HIMSS12 Twitter recap: The untethered doctor

In Wednesday's HIT X.0 session at HIMSS12, Dr. Christopher Wasden, managing director of PricewaterhouseCoopers, explained how to get your practice on board with mhealth techniques. Here is a Twitter recap of the session:

  1. Dr. Christopher Wasden = structure of connected health includes the consumer and the clinicians, with remote patient monitoring #HIMSS12
  2. "Doctors aren't the #1 source of health information" -Dr. Wasden (references the Internet as key source) #HITX0 #HIMSS12
  3. Are mobile apps successful? Dr. Wasden says 26% of apps are only used once. 42% used to find just health info #HIMSS12 #HITX0
  4. Why do we stop using apps? "We find a better one. People are exploring. Ppl abandon the old for the new" #HIMSS12 #HITX0
  5. Why apps aren't successful acc. to Wasden: Interoperability, Integration, Intelligence, Outcomes, Socialization, Engagement #HIMSS12 #HITX0
  6. "Connected health is only valuable if we're willing to be told we're really ugly" - Dr. Wasden #HIMSS12 #HITX0
  7. Social media is most helpful when sharing with family and personal members. That's how to help your health. #HIMSS12 #HITX0
  8. "Apps need to be able to help us manage the outcomes we're trying to achieve" - Dr. Wasden #HIMSS12 #HITX0
  9. "Our HC problem in the US is a behavior problem." -Wasden references that weight is the single most imp. thing to measure #HIMSS12 #HITX0
  10. No more new apps. Make what we have work. Make it easy, simple & natural, let clinicians focus on patients #HIMSS12 #HITX0

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