Wolters Kluwer Health's Findings From Physician Survey and Efficiency and Quality

1. 88% of physicians* cite balancing efficiency, or the business side of health care and quality of patient care as a challenge
2. 42% disagree that the efficiency of providing care has increased; 37% disagree that quality of care has increased
3. 78% named lack of time with patients as the top barrier to good doctor-patient communication; misinformed patients (53%) and information overload (46%) followed as other top barriers
4. 63% report that they occasionally or frequently change their initial decisions related to patient care based on information they access via online resources and support tools
5. 44% report that they believe the industry has successfully defined Meaningful Use
6. 50% report their practice has embraced technology and clinical decision support tools adoption; 44% feel that they still have a long way to go in this area
7. Top barriers to technology adoption include: too expensive (40&); too much data and not enough actionable information (32%); too hard to learn (27%); too hard to use at the point of care (24%)
8. 90% of physicians wish they had more time with patients; the majority believes lack of time with patients is the greatest barrier to good doctor-patient communication
9. 53% believe that easier access to more medical knowledge by patients has had a positive impact on the doctor-patient relationship, leading to more informed discussions with patients
10. 20% feel that increased patient access to medical information has been detrimental, leading to misinformation and incorrect self-diagnosis

Notes: *The Wolters Kluwer Health Point-of-Care survey was a blind, in-depth phone survey conducted by IPSOS of more than 300 physicians in the U.S. from a national sample of qualified AMA members. Respondents were nearly evenly split between Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) and Specialists. The specialist category included the following specialty areas: Anesthesiology; Cardiology; Emergency Medicine; Gastroenterology; Neurology; Nephrology; Obstetrics/ Gynecology; Oncology; Orthopedics; and Radiology. Interviews were conducted in August 2011.
Source: Wolters Kluwer Health
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