Healthcare will favour Google over Apple

This comparison of operating system  and even more specifically how these connect to enterprise healthcare.
It contain information about consumer health and fitness, enterprise healthcare applications are typically ones that are licensed (or owned) by the healthcare facility, provider or institution for managing healthcare data on

  Transfering of Apple’s enormous consumer brand popularity (and loyalty) to healthcare , I think it’s misguided for 3 important reasons.

1) Software v Hardware:

In 2007, Apple first launched the iPhone.  Marc Andreessen, says “software is eating the world” and mobile handsets are becoming commoditized. Shortly after Apple’s global event earlier this month.

According to suggestion of  Recent estimate that there are now over 1 million apps in Apple’s iStore and Google Play combined. That’s an impressive volume of apps, but on average, consumers use less than 30 each month and that number hasn’t changed dramatically for the last 3 years.

2 . Consumer v Enterprise:

Apple’s show low interest and focus on developing successful enterprise partnerships.

Second point is lack of exclusivity. During Apple’s HealthKit announcement at their Worldwide Developer Conference earlier this summer, Apple was eager to showcase the number of big healthcare institutions as “partners” for developing the consumer-facing healthcare apps for use with enterprise solutions. It’s an enviable list of large healthcare institutions some with global brand recognition.

Enterprise healthcare isn’t engage by the same requirements, restrictions or revenue models that direct-to-consumer apps are. Enterprise healthcare solutions looking to engage patients aren’t looking to generate revenue with mobile apps ‒ and similarly ‒ any app development they do is an enterprise cost associated with large IT budgets. This isn’t remotely comparable to an early stage software venture eager to impress venture capitalists with simple download and usage metrics.

3) Price

The price Apple’s latest model ‒ the iPhone 6 ‒ starts at $649 (contract free 16Gb model) and the 128Gb iPhone 6 is $849. cellular contracts as expensive and complicated for consumer .‒ Android also provides a significant advantage for the budget . Smartphones based on Android’s latest operating system (KitKat) are readily available (also unlocked) for less than $200 ‒ and some are even less than $100. Here’s one with some fairly impressive specs (and 4.3 stars out of 5) on Amazon for $148.

healthcare providers (or payers) want to get into the business of subsidizing the actual handset, they’re simply not in a position to dictate either Android or iOS as a patient platform.this wi definitely anxious to embrace Apple’s consumer brand loyalty and cache, they are far more likely to embrace a more agnostic technical view relative to the competing mobile platforms ‒ and given the enormous strengths of both Apple and Google