More than 75 percent of physicians use mobile apps in the course of their clinical workflow, according to a survey from MedData Group.
The most commonly used types of apps include:
- Medication interaction checkers (48 percent)
- Diagnosis support (27 percent)
- Electronic health record viewers (19 percent)
- Lab, image, test viewers (16 percent)
- Clinical notes app (16 percent)
- e-Prescribing (15 percent)
Survey results include 532 responses collected between December 2013 and March 2014.
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