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USE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY BY HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

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

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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 2/5 nurse 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

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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:

128Physician Assistant

125Nurse

Practitioner

204Primary Care

202Oncology

203Cardiology

Psychiatry201

On average, respondents saw 308 patients during a typical month

spent 93% of their time providing direct

patient care

Average years of experience of respondents were

13 - 27 years