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Physician Practice General Medical Practice The iPhone leads in the healthcare niche | The iPhone leads in the healthcare niche |
| Written by Naoum Issa, MD, PhD | |||
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Chris Thorman at SoftwareAdvice.com now reports on a survey of smartphone use by healthcare providers. The results of the smartphone survey are pretty clear: among anyone associated with a hospital - with the notable exception of hospital administrators - the iPhone is the smartphone of choice.
One caveat brought up in the comments, however, is that the up-and-coming competitor, the Palm Pre, was only just released, so it is not yet clear whether that will make headway in this niche. The other interesting note is that e-prescribing has not yet taken hold. Given the emphasis on reducing pharmacy errors through IT, it's somewhat surprising that not a single respondent used the smartphone for e-prescribing despite a clear desire to have this functionality (although Pat King notes that the leading cause of physician lawsuits is misdiagnosis, not wrong prescriptions). Is it really the case that there isn't a single e-prescribing application that currently works well? |
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