1. Among physicians, 41 percent use smartphones while 45 percent use tablets.
2. For work-related content, physicians are using mobile technology for:
• New technologies: 30 percent
• Specialty-specific content: 29 percent
• CMS articles: 24 percent
• Practice management: 11 percent
3. Seventy-six percent of physicians use mobile apps at work.
4. Physicians want to use mobile apps in the future to:
• Read journals on- and offline
• Search content and past issues with free text searches
• Watch video and add depth to articles
5. The top three reasons for physicians to adopt mobile health include: time efficiency, cost efficiency and improved quality and continuity of care.
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