In 2009, the US under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, allocated $19 billion to accelerate adoption of health IT systems by doctors and hospitals in order to modernise the health care system, save billions of dollars, reduce medical errors and improve quality. US hospital spending on iIT will hit $4.7b in 2011 and grow to $6.8b by 2014
Via ET Russell
[INFOGRAPHIC] providing a snapshot on:
- mobile device preferences by clinicians
- how clinicians are using mobile devices at the point of care
- the top 3 uses that physicians have for mobile based technology in their practice
- mobile apps
- doctors using social media/hospital social media accounts