Thursday, June 18, 2015

#CHSD15 @ruchirasays @bcbsil and Molina Healthcare

connected Health 2015

Realtime notes from ConnectedHealth 2015 in San Diego #CHSD15.

INSURERS AND EMPLOYERS IN THE DRIVER SEAT
Moderator: Denise Brock, Senior Manager, Accenture
Vincent Serhan, Project Manager engaged in enterprise architecture and mobile enterprise solutions,Molina Healthcare
Ruchira Gupta, Sr. Analyst, Mobile & Emerging Technologies, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

70% of Healthcare costs are related to personal behavior.

Can short mindfulness sessions delivered digitally work? YES.

30% of Smartphone owners have accessed health and fitness apps. Leverage this capability.

You don’t get to decide what your users will do on mobile. They Do: Karen McGrane

Sustained Engagement is the big challenge. All research points to big drop off around 6 months (50%) for many different apps and engagement models.

BCBSIL has created iOS app: Centered

Molina Healthcare uses CareMark for Pharmacy Management. They can get daily reporting on costs. This ties in with medical adherence. The issue is not cost but adoption and sustainability.

iOS is most popular. Android is more fragmented and often doesn’t have co-processor capability.

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