This statistic shows the result of a survey on the share of general practitioners using medical mobile applications in Italy in 2017, by type of app. As of survey data, most of the respondents (39 percent) declared to use apps to consult information and guidelines. Only eight percent of the doctors interviewed instead, stated to use apps to analyze patients’ data and provide diagnoses.
Share of GPs using mobile medical applications in Italy in 2017, by type of app
Characteristic
Share of GPs
To consult information and guidelines
39%
To consult electronic copies of reports, scientific articles, glossaries, etc.
32%
To train doctors with quiz,videos and simulations
27%
To screen and identify risk factors'
19%
To memorize states of health and monitoring the therapies assigned
16%
To manage appointments
13%
To make the smartphone/tablet a medical device itself
12%
To link the smartphone/tablet with medical devices in order to view, save, analyze and send patient’s data coming from the medical device
8%
To have supporting functions such as enlargers, audio recorders, communication and localization systems
8%
To analyze patients’ data and provide specific diagnosis or therapeutic indications
8%
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Osservatori Digital Innovation. (April 10, 2017). Share of GPs using mobile medical applications in Italy in 2017, by type of app [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/794005/gps-using-mobile-medical-applications-by-type-in-italy/
Osservatori Digital Innovation. "Share of GPs using mobile medical applications in Italy in 2017, by type of app." Chart. April 10, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/794005/gps-using-mobile-medical-applications-by-type-in-italy/
Osservatori Digital Innovation. (2017). Share of GPs using mobile medical applications in Italy in 2017, by type of app. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/794005/gps-using-mobile-medical-applications-by-type-in-italy/
Osservatori Digital Innovation. "Share of Gps Using Mobile Medical Applications in Italy in 2017, by Type of App." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/794005/gps-using-mobile-medical-applications-by-type-in-italy/
Osservatori Digital Innovation, Share of GPs using mobile medical applications in Italy in 2017, by type of app Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/794005/gps-using-mobile-medical-applications-by-type-in-italy/ (last visited June 11, 2025)
Share of GPs using mobile medical applications in Italy in 2017, by type of app [Graph], Osservatori Digital Innovation, April 10, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/794005/gps-using-mobile-medical-applications-by-type-in-italy/
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