BOSTON--Motivating individuals to engage in healthy behaviors is easier said than done, and new technologies developed to influence behavioral changes must keep in mind the science of what works and what doesn’t, said speakers at Partners HealthCare’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium.

BOSTON—As the company that makes most of the chips that go into mobile devices, Qualcomm Technologies has a unique perspective on how the mobile evolution will impact connected health.

BOSTON—With 7,500 retail locations and 75 million people receiving its pharmacy benefits , CVS Caremark is a “big and lumbering” company working to determine the best way to connect retail to the medical home, said Troyen Brennan, MD, MPH, executive vice president and chief medical officer, speaking at Partners HealthCare’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium.

BOSTON--The University of Southern California is taking advantage of mobile health and social media to advance medicine, said Leslie Saxon, MD, chief of cardiovascular medicine, who spoke during Partners HealthCare’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium.

BOSTON--The addictive nature of smartphones is an opportunity for the healthcare industry to insert positive health messages at the fingertips of patients, Joseph Kvedar, MD, founder and director of Partners HealthCare's Center for Connected Health, said at the 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium.

BOSTON--Donald Berwick, MD, senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, equated healthcare to the Choluteca Bridge in Honduras, which survived Hurricane Mitch in 1998 only for the river itself to move and no longer flow beneath it. “That is American healthcare,” Berwick told an audience at Partners HealthCare’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium. 

BOSTON--Current outcomes and measures—the way providers are compared—are a set of dull process measures that can’t articulate differences in providers, said Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA, president and CEO of Partners HealthCare, speaking at the organization’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium.

A bipartisan group of House members--three Democrats and three Republicans--has introduced a bill to provide the FDA with guidance about mobile medical app regulations.