[phlux]

This is the reason why there will be major difficulty in iOS in medical. Apple has its hands around the neck of the platform too firmly to make it feasible for serious medical enterprise apps.

There are lots of people who dont believe this, but as a healthcare designer i really think that apples model is way too greedy and crippling.

[Steko]

Meanwhile iOS is ... (wait for it) ... killing in medical:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/75-Percent-of-Physic...

[phlux]

Thats not the same thing.

There is a difference between physicians loving the DEVICE and it being the right platform for a hospital.

Trust me I know. I design hospitals and health systems.

I love the iPad - but if you think that giving 30% of your margin and 100% of control to apple is the right idea - then you're wrong.

Sure, there are a ton of one-off single use apps for iOS and most of them are fantastic - but there are inhernet flaws with the use of iOS as a platform in a facility.

For small practice, it totally makes sense - but not yet completely in a hospital.

Except, physicians dont care about where the money goes - thus, we will see a shift to apple - but I still maintain that it is wrong.

iOS will NOT lower costs in the broken US health system -- it will continue the greed and health costs will not come down.

It is a far more complex issue than measuring your fucking blood pressure or tracking how many times you worked out on your little iphone.

[rimantas]

> Trust me I know. I design hospitals and health systems.

I doubt that would encourage more trust in you.

[phlux]

Im one of the people trying to fix this shit, not one who has made the current mess....

[chrisjsmith]

Good for you - the healthcare system (worldwide) needs more objective people like yourself. Good luck!

[masklinn]

Why can't a hospital (a business) use enterprise deployment mechanisms for its core business deployments of iDevices? Rather than going through the "normal" AppStore?