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Spurred by federal stimulus dollars, IDC predicts that 77 million Americans, or 25 percent of the population, will have electronic health records [at the end of 2010] compared with about 14 percent now.
Broadband access [puts] people in touch with online medical resources that can save $670 per household per year in health care costs. That is 25 percent of the median American family’s total out-of-pocket costs for health care, according to the Benton Foundation.
According to Manhattan Research, BlackBerry devices still prevail among U.S. doctors with smart phones, with a 37% usage rate, compared with 27% for the iPhone.
According to market-research firm Manhattan Research LLC, of New York, about 64% of U.S. physicians are using smart phones; up from just 50% two years ago. The firm expects that figure to increase to 81% by 2011, with the majority of physicians owning iPhones or BlackBerrys.
According to Susannah Fox of the Pew Internet Project, 42% of all adults say they or someone they know has been helped by following medical advice or health information found on the internet.
H1N1 videos on CDC.gov have gotten about 100,000 page views, but the same videos on YouTube got 2.01 million views.
The CDC has several Twitter feeds, with a total of 700,000 followers, for releasing health information. Popularity of the feeds increases exponentially during flu season.
According to Susannah Fox of the Pew Internet Project, 42% of all adults say they or someone they know has been helped by following medical advice or health information found on the internet.
H1N1 videos on CDC.gov have gotten about 100,000 page views, but the same videos on YouTube got 2.01 million views.
The CDC has several Twitter feeds, with a total of 700,000 followers, for releasing health information.
Popularity of the feeds increases exponentially during flu season.