[Infographic Guide] Physician Trends – Physician Networking

Physician Networking

31% of healthcare professionals use social media for professional networking – Source: MedTech Media

61% of physicians scanned social media for medical information at least weekly – Source: 2012 study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research

46% contributed information to social media on at least a weekly basis – Source: 2012 study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research

AMA membership has fallen from a high of 70% of U.S. doctors in the 1950 to 15% in 2011. Meanwhile, social networking and crowdsourcing sites have seen a substantial increase in the number of physician users/members – Source: AMA Annual Reports 2010-2014, Sermo, Doximity, Figure 1

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