Mobile App overload for doctors

With thousands of professional medical apps, it can be tough to find the ones you want in an app store New Yok 27 H:3 Lght rain Low 22 KORG Tuesday bY 18:30:35 W 280 SMS SMS HD Loon HwYork t rain 37 Low 22 eb Y 730 KORG wh 280 Tuesday Most physicians may download a lot of applications, but they only use a few on a regular basis APP OVERLOAD! 45% of U.S. healthcare professionals with smartphones have downloaded 50 or more apps 45% 25% have downloaded 26-50 apps 21% 9% have downloaded 10 or fewer apps 21% have downloaded 11-25 apps NOW WHAT DO I USE? modality Procedures Consult Procedures Consult CKET MEDICA While healthcare professionals may download a lot of apps... MEDICAL OCKET MOSBY'S SAUNDERS On an average, healthcare professionals indicated they have FIRST AID NBDE FIRST AID 29 apps they use monthly Q&A EA for EMEDICINE 15 apps they use weekly GREO Thieme jest daily basis! just apps they use on a MRC .there are only a few they use regularly moda WHY DID I DOWNLOAD THIS? POCKET OPERATIVE ORTHO APP CLUTTER GRE 22% of healthcare 85.3% of healthcare professionals have downloaded apps professionals do not use more than half the apps they they do not use download 6% are not using more than 75% of the apps they Q&A download EMERGENCY MEDICINE THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE APPS When asked to name the three apps they use most, healthcare professionals named more than 354 apps. Of them, following are the 10 most frequently mentioned ***** EPOCRATES ** Other Medical Apps ***** facebook **** The New York Times *** ***** The Weather Channel with WORDSfriends Google twitter ***** EVERNOTE MOST POPULAR WAYS TO FIND APPS NEWS Recommended from a friend colleague Searching App store Browsing App store News This infographic is based on a survey of more than 266 healthcare professionals in September 2011 LANGE 9% 25%