According to a new Kantar Media survey of 3,000 physicians across 22 specialties, 78 percent of physicians use smartphones and 51 percent use tablets in a professional capacity. However, only 8 percent of physicians access EHRs with a smartphone and 17 percent access them with a tablet.
There is evidence to suggest physician use of mobile devices, especially tablets, to access EHRs will increase. A report released recently by American EHRPartners found that of tablet-owning physicians, more than half use them to access EHRs.
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