Physicians' characteristics in the usage of online database: A representative nationwide survey of regional hospitals in Taiwan

Physicians have to deal with a broad range of medical problems in clinical practice, thus making the timely acquisition of relevant information is a critical skill for physicians to improve care quality. The current national study investigates how physicians search for medical information and analys...

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Published in:Informatics for health & social care 2009-09, Vol.34 (3), p.127-135
Main Authors: Chiu, Ya-Wen, Weng, Yi-Hao, Lo, Heng-Lien, Ting, Hsien-Wei, Hsu, Chih-Cheng, Shih, Ya-Hui, Kuo, Ken N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Databases, Factual
Evidence-based medicine
Female
Health care
Hospitals - statistics & numerical data
Humans
internet
Internet - statistics & numerical data
Male
Medical informatics
Middle Aged
Periodicals as Topic
physician
Physicians - statistics & numerical data
Taiwan
Time Factors
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Summary:Physicians have to deal with a broad range of medical problems in clinical practice, thus making the timely acquisition of relevant information is a critical skill for physicians to improve care quality. The current national study investigates how physicians search for medical information and analyses how they use online medical databases. A structured questionnaire survey was conducted, with 457 valid returns collected. Internet-based resources (Web portals, online databases, and electronic journals) were more often accessed by physicians to look for medical information than personal or paper ones. Almost universally, physicians have accessed online databases. MEDLINE was the most frequently accessed database. Furthermore, physicians under 50 years old tended to access online databases more often than their elder colleagues (OR = 5.27, 95% CI = 1.96-14.14 for age 
ISSN:1753-8157
1753-8165
DOI:10.1080/17538150903102372