Transcript PA/NP/RN - Epocrates

Epocrates Online
user survey (PA/NP/RN)
November 2008
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Survey respondents: PA/NP/RN
Total respondents: 558
PA/NP/RN
Demographics
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Clinical setting
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Hospital
Group practice
Outpatient clinic
Other
31%
21%
18%
30%
 Physician Assistants
 Nurse Practitioners
 Nurses
Suburban 38%, Urban 38%, Rural 24%
Male 73%; Female 27%
Experience level
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<10 yrs practice 47%
10-24 yrs 37%
25 yr or more 16%
Criteria
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Logged-in to Epocrates Online
within past 60 day
Used the product 3 or more times
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Slide 2
Majority report increased online use; primarily
referencing professional sites
There is greater access to Internetconnected computers in healthcare
today than 5 years ago.
Where is the first place you go for
clinical information online?
Professional
sites
80%
Strongly agree
84%
Agree
13%
Internet
search
20%
Somewhat
agree
3%
92% have computer access at practice
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Slide 3
Nearly 50% use Epocrates at least once a day
How often do you use
Epocrates Online?
2-4
times/day
(22%)
5 or more
times/day
(16%)
Monthly
(13%)
In the last month, how many times has
the attending physician asked you a
question that you found
the answer online for?
1/day
(9%)
Several
times/wk
(29%)
Weekly
(11%)
3-4 times
(26%)
5 or more
times
(21%)
1-2 times
(30%)
None
(23%)
Over 20% have answered physicians’ clinical
questions at least once a week with EOL
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NP/RN/PA mostly looking up drug info online
What type of clinical information are
you looking up online most often?
Drug dosing
370
Drug side effects
303
Drug interactions
294
Treatment guidelines
271
Adverse reactions
238
Disease symptom
158
Treatment options
157
General disease info
Drug pricing
4 - 7 times
(27%)
1 - 3 times
(31%)
207
Patient ed (drug info)
Patient ed (disease info)
In the last month, estimate how often you
have prescribed a lower cost or generic
medication for your patient with Epocrates
139
10 or more
times
(22%)
None
(20%)
104
99
# of respondents
*respondents may select up to 5; n=558
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Slide 5
35% use online reference during patient visit;
majority agree it improves patient experience
When do you most frequently
look up clinical information online?
Between
patient visits
40%
During patient
visits
35%
Accessing clinical info online during
a patient consultation improves
patient satisfaction and
communication.
Strongly
agree
55%
After work
15%
Before work
5%
On lunch
break
5%
Agree
36%
Somewhat
agree
14%
Disagree
3%
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