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Physicians increasingly turning to digital health tools
Author(s)Todd Shryock, Logan Lutton
Here's what they're using and how they're using it.
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The American Medical Association Digital Health Research found that adoption of digital health tools grew significantly among all physicians from 2016 to 2019. The research investigated shifts in physicians’ adoption of digital tools during that period, along with current attitudes and expectations among physicians.Here are the key findings:
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