Medical Group Management Association Survey: Physician Wireless Handheld Use Increases From 21% to 78%

Prior to the keynote speech by Douglas E. Goldstein (a medical technology futurist) at this year's Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) annual meeting, eHealthcare.net and the MGMA conducted an online survey on Digital Doctoring tactics with medical practice executives attending the conference. Seventy-eight percent of respondents indicated that physicians in their medical practices "use handheld wireless devices or PDAs'' for clinical, business and personal functions."