The survey found that “roughly” one in four doctors and dentists plan to buy a tablet PC for their practice during the next 12 months. CompTIA said those 25 percent of respondents have put tablet PCs “near the top of their shopping lists.”
No surprise here: CompTIA found that few doctors have taken advantage of email or text messaging to communicate with patients for services including appointment reminders. CompTIA found that many doctors want to move in this direction though.
Group practices on average plan to increase spending, while solo practitioners are more likely to keep their IT spend flat over the next 12 months. Overall, CompTIW believes about 50 percent of practices will increase their IT spending in the next year.
CompTIA’s Second Annual Healthcare IT Insights and Opportunities study pulled from Web surveys sent out to 370 U.S. IT firms and 300 U.S. healthcare providers, including doctors, dentists, nurses, physician assistants and office managers.
