Mobile is all the rage with physicians today, even inspiring new lab coats to accommodate their multiple devices. With "three screen use" (tablets, smartphone and PCs) becoming the norm to help physician's research new technology and access specialty-quality content, we wanted to know what the most important app features are for physicians. We conducted a survey to find out which functionalities were most important to them when using mobile apps to access their Elsevier journal content. This infographic includes results from that survey.

1. Elsevier
Mobile Knowledge
In the Know–
On the GoWith more than 10,000 health-related apps available for download, medical/healthcare
is the third-fastest growing app category for both the iPhone®
and Android®
phones.1
#
1
100+ apps and counting
1,500+ users every day
86,000+ full text articles downloaded
6.5 Million articles viewed in app
The Rise of the
Mobile Physician
Physicians who use mobile for professional purposes use
it to access news, articles or abstracts (at least weekly):2
41% use smartphones 45% use tablets
source of
information
for physicians is medical journals1
Elsevier Medical Journal Apps
7%
other
30%
new
technologies
29%
specialty-specific
content
24%
CME articles
11%
practice
management
1
Float Mobile Learning Research, March 2012; 2
Manhattan Research, Taking the Pulse®
U.S. 2014; 3
2014 MedData Group; 4
Epocrates 2013 Mobile Trends Report.
Empowering Knowledge
Physicians are
using mobile for
work-related
content3
250% Physicians are more likely to own a tablet
than other consumers1
76% of physicians use mobile applications at work3
1. Time efficiency
2. Cost efficiency
3. Improved quality and continuity
of care
“Three screen use” is becoming the norm:
65% of physicians own or use a smartphone,
tablet, and desktop/laptop for work2
PAs and NPs are heaviest workday mobile
device users, but all clinicians spend the most
time on smartphones and tablets after work4
5pm
to
12am
Portability and the
Power of Knowledge
Top 3 reasons for physician
adoption of mobile health:3
The Elsevier
App Advantage
Benefits of Elsevier Medical Journal Apps:
• Read journals anytime, anywhere, online or off
• View and share images, tables and figures—
pinch and zoom for a better look
• Access and download
article PDFs
• Search current and
past issues with free
text search
• Watch videos to add
depth to content
• Access past issues
Learn more about Elsevier Medical Journal Apps:
elsevier.com/journals-apps