Physicians Practice February 10, 2020
Adoption of digital tools among physicians has grown significantly since 2016, according to new results from a 2019 follow-up survey conducted by The American Medical Association (AMA).
The AMA says the survey was a follow-up to a 2016 survey whose results were used to “determine the degree to which adoption has occurred in the past three years and identify attitudinal shifts among physicians toward their use and adoption.”
The 2019 survey examined seven categories of digital health tools include telehealth/virtual vests; remote monitoring for efficiency, clinical decision support, and point of care/workflow support.
Aside from exactly replicating the 2016 survey in terms of questions, the AMA distributed the survey to the same physician list as provided by...