A recent survey conducted by Medimix International finds internet usage is up among physicians in Latin America. The survey is a follow-up to its 2007 study, which included physicians in ten Latin-American countries. The 2009 study was conducted through telephone interviews with physicians in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
Though they usually connect to the Web for professional reasons, most physicians in Latin America log on from their home, not from their office. The primary reasons for logging on cited by participants were to search for information about diseases, current therapies and drugs, and for sites to recommend to their patients.
A surprising 80% of the 1,973 physicians participating in the survey reported that they access the internet at least once a day, compared to 33% in 2007. Brazil (85%) and Venezuela (80%) ranked the highest in daily usage, while the lowest ranking country was Colombia at 74%. The number of physicians reporting that they use the internet “all the time” was lower with a high of 27% in Colombia and a low in Venezuela of 17%.
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