[medinformatics] Docs Not Using PDAs for Clinical Tasks

[Medical Informatics News]

A new report from Forrester Research
concludes that U.S. physicians are five times as likely as general consumers to use handheld computers. However, less
than a third of physicians who have mobile electronic medical records actually use them. Forrester surveyed 1,331
physicians.


According to coverage in e-Week, fifty-seven percent of those surveyed reported using some sort of handheld
computer, such as a PDA or tablet PC. Those less likely to use such devices included women (53 percent of the female
physicians used them), older physicians (45 percent of physicians older than 40 used them), surgeons (54 percent used
them compared with 71 percent of general-practice physicians), or those employed at small practices (39 percent of
physicians at solo practices used them, compared with 63 percent of physicians at large practices). Residents were the
group who reported the most regular use, with 73 percent reporting that they use a handheld computer or PDA on a
regular basis.


Read executive summary
here.


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