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USEOFMOBILETECHNOLOGYBY
HEALTHCAREPROFESSIONALS
By next year,
9 in 10 healthcare providers
will use smartphones, and nearly as
many will have adopted tablets
Almost half of all respondents are ¡°digital omnivores,¡± defined
as clinicians who utilize a tablet, smartphone and
laptop/desktop computer routinely in a professional capacity.
DIGITAL OMNIVORES
DIGITAL
OMNIVORES
DIGITAL
OMNIVORES
Mobile devices continue to transform the work lives of
physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. More
than half of physicians affirm daily tablet use, as do about
2/5nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Leading the charge of mobile technology integration in healthcare are digital
omnivores, who utilize a tablet, smartphone and laptop/desktop computer
routinely in a professional capacity.
increase in digital
omnivores in the last year
68%
of healthcare professionals expect
to utilize all three digital platforms
within the next twelve months.
83%
2012
99%
2013
100%
expected by
june 2014
100%
2012
76%
2013
86%
expected by
june 2014
94%
2012
34%
2013
53%
expected by
june 2014
85%
2012
28%
2013
47%
expected by
june 2014
82%
Digital Omnivores
to be continued
use of...
use of...
use of...
METHODOLOGY
This report is based on a quantitative survey of 1,063 healthcare providers from
the Epocrates market research panel, conducted in May 2013.
Of the 1,063 healthcare providers who participated in this survey, the specialty and occupation representation was as follows:
128
Physician
Assistant
125
Nurse
Practitioner
204
Primary Care
202
Oncology
203
Cardiology
Psychiatry
201
On average, respondents
saw 308patients
during a typical month
spent 93%of their time
providing direct
patient care
Average years of experience
of respondents were
13-27years

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