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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Health Industry is 'Ripe for Simplicity and a New View'
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Apparently neither am I:- "This video contains content from RTL Netherlands, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."
Not quite. First, find me any US auto that doesn't come with AC. Not an easy task if there is even one. But more importantly, find me a luxury brand that doesn't come standard with AC. You won't (unless perhaps it is race spec, a whole different niche).
With Apple, the experience should be baked into EVERY product.
If Apple is banking on wearables for health tracking, this company is all but doomed. There's a reason why obesity is an epidemic in north america, and it's not because people lack healthcare apps...
Partnership of Tandem and Dexcom and Apple might result in a health revolution. But if just one of their CEOs focuses on todays profit instead of long-term synergic innovation, no dream will come true. It's that simple. Look at Dexcom, look at Tandem. Over years they found no idea to become really strong.
The board needs to fire this man fast and find a CEO who spends 20 hours per day in Cupertino working on products instead of showing his fugly face in these pointless and never ending interviews.
AAPL would do well to own a tower or two for testing purposes, and heck, a Stingray too. They might have a MVNO for "internal purposes". The cellular network is more "byzantine" even than TV, which is pretty byzantine indeed.9 to 5 Mac said:
Why there is resistance to sims when contracts already lock everybody in as hard as needed is wacky. I guess it is an inconvenience layer added to grossly harsh contracts.
When G5 LTE arrives it will trickle to the lowest common denominator, currently looking to be T-Mobile.
Then you will also be able to have Netflix with no cable company too. In about 5 years high bandwidth satellite broadcast will make a resurgence because the latency doesn't matter when watching TV/YouTube/SnapChat/FaceBook video. Especially non-linear TV.
He really did go all in on medical software and apps, but not services and saas cloud.
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"Never do something strictly for money. Do it for love of money, do it for passion of money"
Fixed that....
Fixed that....
The VA is a model of efficiency compared to the massive amount of money spent in the private sector to arguably get LESS HEALTHCARE. Funny how that seemingly never enter the equation. That's where the massive sprawling mess really is.
Okie-dokie, but it wasn't broken.
Some of us get what Cook is talking about, and it doesn't really have anything to do with what you said. So how does a company know when their customers love their products? How do they measure that love?
Tim disagrees with you.
"I think being hungry -- not being driven by money, but being driven by some higher purpose and building great products -- is really key. Never do something strictly for money. Do it for love, do it for passion."
Spot on that the watch only connects to their own ecosystem......how altruistic of them, how "magical".......not sure wearables really are a health revolution in the making. Might help with activity tracking and cardio function monitoring but the human body will need a lot more than some overpriced Ive/Cook trinket to truely monitor whats going on.
The magical term, no matter how mocked, is a true thing. Some products simply work better than expected (Mac, NeXT, Pixar, iPod, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV).
For a while, till others copy and catch up. If you are in the innovator's supply chain (cough Samsung, Microsoft) you have a one year advantage to copy.
For a while, till others copy and catch up. If you are in the innovator's supply chain (cough Samsung, Microsoft) you have a one year advantage to copy.
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Hey, Tim!
What med school did you attend? Oh! You are not a doctor?! Then please SHUT UP!
Your "magical" watch can't even accurately pick up a heart beat or a work out session and you are saying that this POS will revolutionize health care?! WAKE UP!!!!!
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What med school did you attend? Oh! You are not a doctor?! Then please SHUT UP!
Your "magical" watch can't even accurately pick up a heart beat or a work out session and you are saying that this POS will revolutionize health care?! WAKE UP!!!!!
Sent from my iPhone: excuse autocorrect typos...
That's how they can actually deliver value and not crap. In health care devices that's probably something you want.
I think most people that had to deal the VA would probably disagree. Hell, I bet most people that work for the VA(depending on the section) would disagree. The VA medical isn't bad at all, but VA Benefits has issues.
I am a veteran, my wife worked there as a social worker, so we both had to deal with them.
Although, I guess it depends on what someone defines as efficient. Some people may think that shredding veterans' records as a way to deal with a back log as very efficient.
LOL. That is the funniest thing I've heard today. I wonder if he said it with the same straight face as when the iPP 9.7 price was revealed.
If by "model of efficiency" you mean systematically delaying claims and request for care, essentially killing some patients without criminal liability, yes. As a place of compassion staffed with top flight people interested in helping ailing vets, compared to a private hospital, nope. Private hospitals have their own set of problems, but denying patients the care they need or making them wait an unreasonable amount of time for care isn't one of them. Bob McDonald has proven he is a real clown and no better than Shinseki.
Hilarious.
"Don't be afraid to cannabilize yourself"
Really Tim? So why is the Mac Mini neutered and always held back hardware wise? ALWAYS
The Mini could be huge if they got over their iMac fixation
"Don't be afraid to cannabilize yourself"
Really Tim? So why is the Mac Mini neutered and always held back hardware wise? ALWAYS
The Mini could be huge if they got over their iMac fixation