![]() ![]() Podcasts are digital media files (either audio or video) which are posted on websites that can be downloaded onto other websites.Ģ010: 16% download podcasts 21% of online adults download podcasts (N=2252) 5 Social networking websites are intended to build relationships among users and typically provide representation of each user (often a profile).Ģ011: 49% use a ‘social networking site like MySpace, Facebook, or LinkedIn’ 65% of online adults use a social networking site (N=2277) 3Ģ011: 87% use social networking sites for personal purposes 67% use social networking sites for professional purposes (N=4033) 4Įmail refers to digital messages sent across the internet from one party to another.Ģ011: 48% use email to communicate with patients (N=4033) 4 Demographic characteristics, rather than practice-related characteristics, were more consistent predictors of physician use of seven internet-based communication technologies with varying levels of uptake.Ī variety of mobile devices including smartphones can provide users with wireless internet access. Physician specialty, practice setting, years in practice, average number of patients treated per week, and number of physicians in practice were found to be inconsistently associated or unassociated with use of the technologies examined. The most consistent predictors of use were being male, being younger, and having teaching hospital privileges. ![]() Reported technology use during the last 6 months ranged from 80.6% using a portable device to access the internet to 12.9% writing a blog. Logistic regression was used to analyze a survey of US primary care physicians, pediatricians, obstetrician/gynecologists, and dermatologists (N=1750). The demographic and practice-related characteristics of physicians who use social networking websites, portable devices to access the internet, email to communicate with patients, podcasts, widgets, RSS feeds, and blogging were investigated. ![]()
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