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Q1 2014 polling by Digital Insights Group found that the general consensus among physicians was that social just wasn’t an important resource when it came to doing their jobs. Just 14% of US primary care physicians said that social networks were a somewhat or very important clinical resource, compared with 30% who said they weren’t important at all.
When doctors do turn to digital resources to make decisions, they’re most likely using search engines, according to April 2014 research also conducted by MedData Group. Among US physicians surveyed, a whopping 78% said search engines were the online resource they used in the medical decision-making process. Meanwhile, just 5% cited social media. Read the rest at eMarketer.
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