Are Smartphones Slowly Replacing Doctors?

MOBILE HEALTH 2012 85% OF US ADULTS OWN A CELL PHONE OF THOSE, 53%o OWN SMARTPHONES ONE IN THREE CELL PHONE OWNERS ( 31%) HAVE USED THEIR PHONE TO LOOK FOR HEALTH INFORMATION IN A COMPARABLE, NATIONAL SURVEY CONDUCTED TWO YEARS AGO, 17% OF CELL PHONE OWNERS HAD USED THEIR PHONES TO LOOK FOR HEALTH ADVICE SMARTPHONE OWNERS LEAD THIS ACTIVITY: 52% GATHER HEALTH INFORMATION ON THEIR PHONES 6% OF NON-SMARTPHONE OWNERS CELL PHONE OWNERS WHO ARE ILATINO, |AFRICAN AMERICAN, |BETWEEN THE AGES OF |18-49 OR HOLD A COLLEGE DEGREE ARE ALSO LIKELY TO GATHER HEALTH INFORMATION THIS WAY. SOURCES Infographic Brought to you by yullwpevinternetoryRegorts/2013Fanly Caregivers.asp Unberg S Luke Wrdless substhution tyreene of estinates fron the Kational Heath Intervien Surves yDecenber, 2011. Kational Center for Heath Statisdes. June 2012. The sanple diposition codes and reporting are consistent with the Anecan kosociation for Publk Opinion Researdh standards Copyight 02013. A righes reserved Discount MEDICAL SUPPLIES By Doctors for Practitioners, Caregivers, Patients and Public