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Rise in physician tablet use means less than meets the eye
Sixty-two percent of physicians--nearly double the number a year ago--now use computer tablets, according to FierceMobileHealthcare reports. That report makes it appear as if iPads and other tablets...
Majority of consumers skeptical about EHR use
An estimated 56 million people have viewed their medical data on an electronic health record maintained by their doctor, and another 41 million are interested in doing so, according to a new survey
EMRs go mobile: Not to be ignored
Although accessibility of electronic medical records (EMR) on tablet devices is nothing new (we've been reporting on such capabilities as far back as April 2010 ), that doesn't make recent
More docs are using video chat for routine follow-up visits
A full 7 percent of physicians are using video-conferencing to talk with patients, according to new data released by Manhattan Research, from its 2011 Taking the Pulse study. Most interesting,
Online health information could supplant doctors
Like it or not, online health information--regardless of its accuracy--likely will supplant doctors as the primary source of health information as consumers grow more eHealth savvy. About 169 million
Smartphone boom changes physicians' relationship with technology
Smartphones clearly have changed the dynamic of physicians' relationship with technology, and that's creating a bit of a conundrum for hospital IT departments. "Five to 10 years ago they were saying,
New apps make smartphones more valuable than stethoscopes to some docs
A growing number of physicians would rather carry a smartphone than a stethoscope, reports the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News. "You've got a whole medical library right in the palm of your hand,"
Physician smartphone adoption said to top 80 percent by 2012
More than 80 percent of U.S. physicians will have smartphones by 2012--up from 64 percent in 2009--and half of that group will use their phones for patient care, administrative functions like charge
Report: More physicians communicating online with patients
While the majority of doctors still do not communicate with patients via email, secure messaging portals or instant messaging, online patient-physician communication is no longer a rarity, according
Four in five docs could have smartphones by 2012
Better than four in five U.S. physicians will have smartphones by 2012, up from about 64 percent today, says a new report from Manhattan Research. (A year ago, the number was about 54 percent.) This
