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Many Doctors Use Web Searches To Look Up Medical Information

About 46% of physicians frequently use search engines like Google and Yahoo  to look up information on diagnoses and treatments, according to a survey commissioned by Wolters Kluwer Health,  the Wall Street Journal‘s “Health Blog” reports.

For the report, research firm Ipsos surveyed more than 300 physicians who  belong to the American Medical Association.

Sources for Medical Information

Researchers asked physicians about how they obtained information for  diagnosis and treatment and found that:

  • 68% of respondents said they consult professional journals;
  • 60% said they discuss the issues with colleagues;
  • 46% said they use search engines like Google and Yahoo;
  • 42% said they use conferences and events; and
  • 42% said they use no-cost online services like WebMD (Hobson, “Health Blog,” Wall Street Journal, 11/1).

Health IT Adoption

The survey also found that 44% of respondents said they have a long way to go  toward embracing health IT and clinical decision support tools.

Researchers asked physicians about the barriers to adopting health IT systems  and found that:

  • 40% of respondents said cost was the top barrier;
  • 32% said the systems contain too much data and not enough actionable  information;
  • 27% said the systems are too time-consuming to implement or too difficult to  learn; and
  • 24% said it was too difficult to use the systems at the point of care  (Goedert, Health Data Management, 11/1).

Source: iHealthBeat

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