If you're a physician, chances are you're using a smartphone.

A recent study from Spyglass Consulting Group, a market research firm focused on health IT, reports that 94 percent of physicians now use smartphones. That compares with 59 percent usage when a similar Spyglass study was conducted in 2006.

Gregg Malkary, managing director of Spyglass, said physician adoption of smartphones outpaces the general public's uptake of the technology.

So what devices are physicians using? The Spyglass study cites Apple's iPhone as the preference of 44 percent of the doctors surveyed; 25 percent use RIM's Blackberry. In 2006, Palm and Blackberry devices topped the usage list.

Malkary added that phones based on Google's Android operating systems are gaining some traction, but mostly among tech-savvy early adopters.

But as smartphones proliferate, the task of linking them into enterprise IT systems isn't necessarily top of mind among health IT departments. Malkary said meaningful use is the biggest issue at the moment for IT shops and CIOs. So integration will take a back seat for the time being.

"It's not a high priority on their list right now," Malkary said.