Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion Health

Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion

Health

Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion Health

Keeping up to date with advances in their medical specialty main way clinicians would use extra time in their working day

Q1(c): If you had more time in your daily work, please indicate to which of these tasks you would dedicate more time.

Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion Health

Keeping current is the main reason for seeking information

Q2(b): For what reasons do you consult information sources?

Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion Health

Journals main source of information, but Google chosen for speed and Clinical search engine for reliability and comprehensiveness

Q3(a): Which of these information sources do you use in your daily work? Q3(b – d): Please rate each of these information sources on a scale of 1 to 5 in terms of their Speed, Reliability &

Comprehensiveness

Most used information source (Q3a)

Rating mean score for each source (Q3b-d)

Journals GoogleClinical search engine

Textbooks Peers

Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion Health

Speed to find answer most desired improvement

Q6: What, if any, improvements would you like to see in the information sources available?

Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion Health

Lack of relevant materials, time-consuming, and difficulty in finding right source are the most frequently mentioned frustrations with current tools

Q8(a): What, if any frustrations, do you experience with the information sources currently available to you?

Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion Health

Greatest frustrations are to do with finding relevant and up-to-date answers

Q8(b): What are your greatest frustrations with the information sources currently available to you?

Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion Health

93% believe patients would benefit from a single source of trusted information

Q10: If an improved better, single source of trusted information were available, do you believe it would have an impact on your patients?

Hospital Physician Information Survey, March 2012, Opinion Health

Q11: What aspects of your workflow do you think could be improved if a better, single source of trusted information were available?

Keeping current and medical treatment would be biggest improvements to result from a better, single source of trusted information