The results came from an online survey of 2,050 Americans aged 18 and over.
Despite the apparent demand for apps that provide mobile communication with physicians, researchers note that such apps will most likely not be on the market in the near future because they would require physicians’ offices to have compatible technology.
“This poll shows us that the public is interested in using these apps,” said Titus Schleyer, the director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute, in a news release. “But the healthcare system has to make it easier for them to do it.”
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