Keith Speights, Motley Fool:
A study by Manhattan Research in 2011 found that 75% of physicians owned at least one Apple product. Vitera Healthcare’s 2012 survey of health-care professionals backed up this high number. The company’s study found that 60% of respondents used an iPhone and 45% owned an iPad.
The real revolution, though, has come from how physicians and other health-care professionals are using Apple’s devices. Mobile applications opened the door for clinicians to instantly access a world of medical information at the point of care.
It’s not just healthcare professionals, either – patients are able to get information faster thanks to iOS devices, too.
recently met a developer who was working on text to speech ipad app, for patients with speech disabilities. Huge potential!
plenty of example. including WWDC video
This survey is full of generalities, physicians have large salaries so you could assume a lot of them own at least one Apple product thanks to their disposable income. And the title is misleading, I have never seen my physician use an Apple iOS doing practice personally, so I can’t agree they they revolutionized health care. I’m not saying they will not, I believe Apple will be able to, they have a better chance than Google or Samsung, but they haven’t yet.
Spend some time following Heath IT trends and you won’t be so skeptical. I worked in IT at a major US Biopharma company. There is a definite lean toward the iOS ecosystem.
http://mobihealthnews.com/
http://blogs.computerworld.com/20188/apple_the_iphone_and_the_future_of_healthcare
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2013/02/apple-apps-healthcare-professionals-collection/
http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/profiles/st-louis-urgent-cares/