ePatient conference: Ten most memorable quotes and stats (Day 1)

What's a conference without great turns of phrase and new buzz words that you can totally make you own?

Here are some of the sticky little maxims that I know I'll be borrowing:

1. "Mobile has a multiplier effect" - Susannah Fox, Pew Internet & American Life Project on the activating effect of mobile (People with mobile devices are more likely to comment, to contribute, to participate in the online conversation)


2. "The interface of healthcare is broken" - Ben Sawyer, Digital Mill, on why the frontend interactions (in person, online, in game) we have with healthcare, in short, suck


3. "Pervasive equals persuasive" - David Rose, VItality GlowCaps, on why we need to spread information thinly throughout people's lives


4. “The obligation of the cured” – Lance Armstrong’s oncologist Dr Craig Nichols on Lance’s role post remission. In short: if you can make an impact, you must make an impact


5. "In August, 28% of visitors to health and wellness websites were 55+" (Index 129) - hot little fact from Heather Dougherty, Hitwise. Yeah, you read right - people of all ages are digital.


6. "We call ourselves social anthropologists – a lot of artifacts can lead to insights" - Reid Connolly in an otherwise very awkward presentation about evoke interaction


7. "Advice doesn’t change behavior" - Victor Strecher,  HealthMedia, on why storytelling matters


8. "There's a huge disconnect between our long-term aspirations and moment-to-moment choices" - Margaret Morris, PhD, Intel Digital Health Group on the tension between diet and health (or: why we have no collective resolve)


9. "Laugh, Sing and Eat Like a Pig" e-Patient Dave's self Rx for fighting cancer


10. “There’s an opportunity to make interactions with healthcare devices a lot more delightful” - just another well said moment from David Rose