The survey also analyzed the time spent online while being at work. 27% of it was spent on an iPad, ipad tips: video ipad converter. desktop or laptop. 55% of the medical professional were using such devices, while 18% of the physicians used their smartphones to browse the web.

The study conducted by Manhattan Research in the fourth quarter of 2011 surveyed 1,207 physicians in the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and Italy to quantify the time doctors spend online while at work, as well as a breakdown of which internet-capable device is used most. The most iPad dependent medical population is to be found in Great Britain, with 31% of them using the device at work. 28% of French and German doctors use the device and in Italy the score is 21%. Spain comes in last with only 20%.

The iPad-as-medical-tool argument has been picking up steam as of late, and an increasing amount of physicians are using apps designed by companies in the healthcare industry to perform a number of procedures including pharmaceutical calculations, radiology diagnoses and general referencing. Ipad tips: download youtube videos to ipad. Pharmaceutical firms like AstraZeneca, Janssen and Vertex already have iPad-compatible apps that enable medical professionals to transform the device into a portable diagnosis and calculation tool.