Good article about physicians using mobility not only with patient consultations and office visits, but also to keep on top of medical journal events and reading material. Just like newspapers, printed journals also are facing a short life in the future as online information is current. BD
One way the Internet is influencing medicine is at the point of care. About 25% of physicians are accessing the Internet during patient consultations, while use of the Internet between patient consultations is up 11% since last year, Abreu said.
Physicians who go online during patient consultations are more likely to:
- Be in a group practice;
- Have an electronic health record in the practice; and
- Spend more than 10 hours online per week.
Also, the use of offline medical journals has dropped 14%, while the use of online journals has jumped 27%. Replacing print journals, online journals "almost becoming the new norm for physicians," Abreu said.
Mobile, M.D.: Wired Doctors Bringing Technology to Treatment - iHealthBeat
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