Who says that mHealth and the big brains driving much of it are all geek and no humor? Not me.
There were quite a few zingers drawing chuckles from the mHealth Summit 2014 crowd.
In no particular order, then, here are some of my favorites:
“I’m a child of the 60s ... so I went in for a colonoscopy and made sure the doctor didn’t skimp on my drugs.” — Dan Dixon, chief community engagement officer at Providence Health and Services.
“Other than me, the data shows that most people who get one of these [smart] devices, use it for three weeks, maybe less … until it loses its first full charge.” — Health and Human Services Chief Technology Officer Bryan Sivak.
“How many of you have children under 40? I don't know why they call it an iPhone because they don’t think you can talk on it … and they don't answer it when it rings.” — Harry Reynolds, IBM's director of health industry transformation.
“People love to divulge that they have diarrhea on Twitter.” — John Brownstein, HealthMap director of computations and an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard.
“People check phones constantly. If I could make that kind of engagement in healthcare I wouldn’t be here on stage, I’d be out there making it happen. While you’re checking your phone 150 times a day, I can't get you to push one button to improve your health.” — Joseph Kvedar, MD, director of Partners Healthcare's Center for Connected Health.
I couldn’t be at every session, of course, so what did I miss? What was your favorite funny line?
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