Physicians who use social media and other internet-based communication technologies.
The demographic and practice-related characteristics of physicians who use social networking websites, portable devices to access the internet, email to communicate with patients, podcasts, widgets, RSS feeds, and blogging were investigated. Logistic regression was used to analyze a survey of US primary care physicians, pediatricians, obstetrician/gynecologists, and dermatologists (N=1750). Reported technology use during the last 6 months ranged from 80.6% using a portable device to access the internet to 12.9% [...]
Author(s): Cooper, Crystale Purvis, Gelb, Cynthia A, Rim, Sun Hee, Hawkins, Nikki A, Rodriguez, Juan L, Polonec, Lindsey
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000628