http://healthinformaticist.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/blackberry-begins-fight-back-against-iphone-and-android/ it's about evidence-based medicine, health 2.0, knowledge management etc... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:02:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://healthinformaticist.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/blackberry-begins-fight-back-against-iphone-and-android/#comment-115 Michelle Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:08:48 +0000 http://healthinformaticist.wordpress.com/?p=435#comment-115 I think due to tax laws you are going to start seeing more and more employers no longer paying for mobile phones for their docs. The institutional support will come more from arranging group/institutional discounts on phones and plans. So the question is, "Will docs pay for the phone on their own?" Based on my observations (totally unscientific) they will and they are. I have noticed a big shift in cell phone docs. There are two camps, the older staff physicians who have their older late model Blackberry and rely on it predominantly for access to their institutional email. The younger docs and medical students are moving to the iPhones because they value the easy surfing and web applications. These doc would like getting their institutional email but they tend to be earlier in the careers and don't use their institutional email as heavily as their web mail. The reason for this (again observation, not scientific) is that these docs are early in their career and are moving from one institution to another at the end of the residency or fellowship. Therefore their reliable primary contact is not an institutional email, which is canceled when they go to another job, but their webmail. I think due to tax laws you are going to start seeing more and more employers no longer paying for mobile phones for their docs. The institutional support will come more from arranging group/institutional discounts on phones and plans. So the question is, “Will docs pay for the phone on their own?” Based on my observations (totally unscientific) they will and they are.
I have noticed a big shift in cell phone docs. There are two camps, the older staff physicians who have their older late model Blackberry and rely on it predominantly for access to their institutional email. The younger docs and medical students are moving to the iPhones because they value the easy surfing and web applications. These doc would like getting their institutional email but they tend to be earlier in the careers and don’t use their institutional email as heavily as their web mail. The reason for this (again observation, not scientific) is that these docs are early in their career and are moving from one institution to another at the end of the residency or fellowship. Therefore their reliable primary contact is not an institutional email, which is canceled when they go to another job, but their webmail.

]]> http://healthinformaticist.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/blackberry-begins-fight-back-against-iphone-and-android/#comment-108 Danielle Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:50:37 +0000 http://healthinformaticist.wordpress.com/?p=435#comment-108 Do the busy bees at Google ever sleep? I am excited about BlackBerries getting better because I had one and it couldn't even load a pdf. That was back in 2005. BlackBerries are great, but my guess is the demographic of users is much different from the iPhone kids. Like, older guys and girls in suits who are in politics. Don't ask me what Nokias are... Do the busy bees at Google ever sleep? I am excited about BlackBerries getting better because I had one and it couldn’t even load a pdf. That was back in 2005. BlackBerries are great, but my guess is the demographic of users is much different from the iPhone kids. Like, older guys and girls in suits who are in politics. Don’t ask me what Nokias are…

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