A new report from healthcare market and advisory firm Manhattan Research indicates physicians’ device and digital media adoption is increasing at a much faster than anticipated rate, especially when it comes to tablets. The study surveyed 3,015 U.S. practicing physicians online in Q1 2012 across more than 25 specialties and found physician tablet adoption for professional purposes almost doubled since 2011, reaching 62 percent in 2012.
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Sonny Vu, a cofounder of the medical-device company AgaMatrix, believes a device like this could fundamentally change health care. He created the first FDA-approved glucose sensor that plugs into an iPhone; it hit Apple stores this month under the brand name iBGStar.
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Although the federal Medicare incentives will be available through 2016, and Medicaid incentives through 2021, widespread gaps in readiness throughout the states illustrate the challenges physicians face in meeting the federal schedule for the incentive programs, according to an article published in the April edition of Health Affairs.
To achieve EHR adoption nationwide, federal policies also may have to focus on encouraging adoption among non-primary care specialists, as well as addressing persistent gaps in the use of EHR systems by practice size, physician age and ownership status, according to an article published in the April edition of Health Affairs.
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