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1999 CMA Physician Resource Questionnaire Results
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Internet Use
Proportion of physicians who personally use the Internet for
various purposes.
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Overall |
Females |
Males |
< 35 |
35-44 |
45-54 |
55-64 |
65+ |
| Total |
3128 |
938 |
2190 |
320 |
1033 |
957 |
585 |
233 |
| Email |
62.9% |
54.3% |
66.4% |
68.7% |
68.1% |
66.7% |
54.7% |
35.6% |
| Discussion
groups |
18.7% |
12.1% |
21.7% |
20.1% |
19.9% |
21.0% |
16.2% |
8.6% |
| World
wide web, all uses |
60.5% |
49.9% |
65.0% |
67.9% |
66.3% |
65.0% |
50.1% |
32.2% |
| Ordering
documents & books |
26.5% |
18.8% |
29.9% |
27.2% |
29.4% |
28.4% |
23.7% |
13.3% |
| Bibliographic
database searching (e.g. MEDLINE) |
53.2% |
46.1% |
56.2% |
57.0% |
60.1% |
56.6% |
43.9% |
24.9% |
| Web
sites intended for physicians (e.g. online journals) |
50.1% |
41.1% |
54.1% |
56.3% |
56.6% |
54.4% |
39.6% |
22.3% |
| Patient-oriented
Web resources |
30.3% |
25.1% |
32.5% |
31.3% |
35.8% |
33.7% |
22.7% |
10.2% |
| Continuing
medical education web sites |
41.0% |
33.1% |
44.4% |
46.6% |
45.0% |
43.9% |
35.1% |
18.9% |
| News
in medicine, health care |
36.7% |
27.0% |
40.9% |
38.8% |
40.2% |
38.3% |
33.1% |
20.3% |
| Classified
advertising, placements |
11.5% |
6.9% |
13.5% |
15.6% |
14.5% |
11.6% |
7.1% |
4.3% |
| CMA
Online |
26.6% |
17.7% |
30.4% |
27.5% |
28.7% |
29.0% |
23.9% |
12.8% |
| CMA
Clinical Practice Guidelines Infobase |
21.1% |
15.1% |
23.4% |
26.6% |
22.2% |
22.1% |
18.6% |
10.3% |
| Financial
activities (e.g. bill payments, banking services) |
26.8% |
18.2% |
30.4% |
32.6% |
31.4% |
28.1% |
19.1% |
12.0% |
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GP/FP |
Med Spec |
Surg Spec |
Rural |
Urban |
| Total |
1685 |
1035 |
408 |
302 |
2826 |
| Email |
57.2% |
71.5% |
63.7% |
59.9% |
63.0% |
| Discussion
groups |
15.4% |
23.0% |
21.8% |
18.9% |
18.7% |
| World
wide web, all uses |
54.4% |
70.1% |
61.2% |
56.3% |
60.9% |
| Ordering
documents & books |
22.6% |
32.6% |
27.6% |
28.1% |
26.5% |
| Bibliographic
database searching (e.g. MEDLINE) |
44.7% |
65.6% |
55.9% |
44.6% |
53.9% |
| Web
sites intended for physicians (e.g. online journals) |
45.0% |
58.7% |
49.8% |
46.4% |
50.5% |
| Patient-oriented
Web resources |
28.4% |
33.9% |
29.6% |
29.8% |
30.4% |
| Continuing
medical education web sites |
37.3% |
47.7% |
39.7% |
37.8% |
41.3% |
| News
in medicine, health care |
33.3% |
42.6% |
35.5% |
34.5% |
36.9% |
| Classified
advertising, placements |
11.4% |
12.1% |
11.3% |
15.0% |
11.2% |
| CMA
Online |
25.5% |
28.3% |
26.8% |
27.5% |
26.5% |
| CMA
Clinical Practice Guidelines Infobase |
22.0% |
21.1% |
16.6% |
22.9% |
20.8% |
| Financial
activities (e.g. bill payments, banking services) |
25.2% |
29.0% |
27.5% |
24.5% |
27.1% |
Why do so few physicians use the
Internet on a regular basis? Are our patients more computer literate and
better at gathering medical information on the Internet than us?
Journey Information
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to helping you build a
web solution that will provide your patients with ALL the necessary
information |
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to helping you establish
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to helping you better
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