Top Tweets & Stats from #HIMSS16

HIMSS is the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and they put on one of the largest conferences in the healthcare industry every year.

Last week HIMSS 2016 too place, where 40,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world came together in Las Vegas – including the Ambir team:

With social media and information sharing becoming a bigger part of the event every year, we thought we’d curate some of the most Tweeted stats and info from HIMSS16:

Total tweets from #HIMSS16 ~ Impressive! https://t.co/T6IcuFeSnI pic.twitter.com/ETb7yHo56w

— Brian Ahier (@ahier) March 5, 2016

.@jkvedar on the evolution of healthcare IT: “I expect wearables that give insights, just not numbers.” #HIMSS16https://t.co/TujjPwYeJl

— PhilipsLiveFrom (@PhilipsLiveFrom) March 3, 2016

The #IoT will have a total economic impact of up to $11 trillion by 2025. #HIMSS16 https://t.co/tMBf2BSBBi pic.twitter.com/CYyBJ1J9zP

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) March 2, 2016

41,390 #HIMSS16 attendees ~ here’s the breakdown pic.twitter.com/Wi7X3ASKq1

— Brian Ahier (@ahier) March 2, 2016

Patients want online access to tools but few have it @harrygreenspun https://t.co/JADdAeNE5M #HIMSS16 pic.twitter.com/tfq39NDjCl

— Sherry Reynolds (@Cascadia) March 2, 2016

Food, water, shelter, PHONE! Tech is part of the hierarchy of human needs! #HIMSS16 #digitalhealth @channelsmart pic.twitter.com/37x9z3utxw

— JOHN NOSTA (@JohnNosta) March 1, 2016

Patients check their phones 150x/day—Are you meeting them there? https://t.co/6DmYZfGdcu @HealthGrid #HIMSS16 #AD pic.twitter.com/EFou8EfIxj

— HIMSS (@HIMSS) March 1, 2016

The average American spends 52X more time with health information online than they do with a clinician. #HIMSS16

— HIMSS (@HIMSS) March 1, 2016

By 2020, global healthcare data will double every 3days’ #BigData #HIMSS16 https://t.co/5jdVyggnoo

— Nick van Terheyden (@drnic1) February 29, 2016

Good read: “Purchasing Report” from @peer_60 shows #HIMSS16 shopping list priorities https://t.co/m99R2FKR6d #HX360 pic.twitter.com/UJk696CQZj

— Rasu Shrestha MD MBA (@RasuShrestha) February 26, 2016