Apple CEO Tim Cook: Health Industry is 'Ripe for Simplicity and a New View'

[LordVic]

I've said it before...

Tim Cook and Apple under him is starting to remind me of Microsoft under Balmer

both have lots of excitement for their companies and products. both were huge at talking up what they were doing

Both also did see the companies grow vastly under them. But, both were essentially riding the growth that their visionary predecessors started.

 

[Juicy Box]

LOL, slow drive. At that cost I’ve already paid for the fast one, you can see that surely?

Don't call him Shirley.

But, I agree with you. No one made use buy the cheaper option, but at some point, the product can no longer be considered premium if it includes really outdated tech, or extremely nerfed tech.

Like reducing the SSD of the fusion drives from 120GB to 24GB. Why bother.

 

[bretm]

This was the bit that made me laugh. And cry.

"Never do something strictly for money."

That was Jobs mantra as well and it worked out ok. But I think he was taking a different tact. His goal was to build the best computers / devices and worry about the cost later. Do it right and don't cut corners in other words, and you'll be rewarded.

But I think Tim is missing the point a bit. He's getting close to this idea that they have a lot of money and they should do "good" with it. Increasing the world economy by growing the business and hiring employees people/companies/distributors and increasing their stock investors wealth is the way to do good. Giving money in a philanthropic way only goes so far before you're just throwing it away. If it's not creating jobs or growing the economy you're just feeding for a day and not teaching to fish so to speak.

 

[Nunyabinez]

I repeat. If I buy premium anything, could be cashew nuts for all I care, I expect a certain level of features/options/performance for that premium price.
LOL, slow drive. At that cost I’ve already paid for the fast one, you can see that surely?

So what would you do, if there was a brand that didn't meet that level that you expected? If it were me I would not buy it and find a different brand, not spend hours on a fan website whining like a little baby.

If you are disaffected with Apple, go away. I don't mind people expressing some disappointment with things, I have things that I wish were different. But, this issue is just a way for the haters to keep putting their jabs in. Seriously, if Apple is so terrible don't buy their product and find a website that supports the products you do like and go there.
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The only cars that don't come with AC anymore are cheap, low end or fleet cars. Any car over "Entry level" will generally today (at least in the North American Market) have AC as a standard option.

So if we go by your analogy, Apple is a cheap car maker.

I'm not a fanboy (As many of you attest), but the one thing I will say, is Apple is anything but a cheap, low end product.

So the right analogy is, it's like buying a $60,000 Audi A6, but being told the AC is a $5000 upgrade.

MOST car buyers would laugh at such lunacy.

If you knee jerk post before reading all of a thread you get posts like yours. I already conceded that the example was outdated but neither you nor the person this was directed at refuted the idea that there are base features and add on features in many many products. If the base doesn't meet your needs you upgrade if you feel the upgrade is worth it, or you take it as it is, or you find another product. I guess I dated myself since I haven't bought a new car in 25 years and you maybe aren't much older than that .

And taking your analogy, if the Audi with air-conditioning is worth $65,000, buy it, if not, buy a BMW, but don't repeatedly go an Audio fan site and whine about it.

 

[AsherN]

Unless they embrace web services a lot more Apple will go nowhere in the Health Care industry.

And until they start playing nice in a MS Active Directory environment, they won't be taken that seriously either. So much compliance in healthcare, admins need to be able to exert control on endpoint devices.

 

[LordVic]

And until they start playing nice in a MS Active Directory environment, they won't be taken that seriously either. So much compliance in healthcare, admins need to be able to exert control on endpoint devices.

Financial institutions in particular. Extremely heavy reliance on Active Directory and GPO's. Macs are a no-no. untill they play nice by default and enforce every single GPO policy that banks / financial institutions require (by law, and by audit), they'll be out of the market.

 

[Osamede]

"...Never do something strictly for money. Do it for love, do it for passion...."

Silly me - i could have sworn it was their passion for money why I have to pay through the nose to get decent storage on a phone instead of 16GB.

With that in ming, why would anyone want to get their medical records locked in Tim's walled garden? Like the health insurers aren't already bleeding everyone to death?

 

[RollTide1017]

If Apple wants to do something about Healthcare then they need to develop software that will run in more things then Apple devices. Hospitals aren't going to pay to upgrade to Apple products.

I see plenty of doctors using tablets but they are not iPads, they are Windows or Android because they can get them dirt cheap.

Shoot, I was in they hospital a month ago for a kidney stone and almost every computer I saw was still running Windows XP. Some of the big equipment with computers built into them were running older versions of Windows, probably heavily modified versions of 98 or ME (you see this in many old POS systems as well).

My point. Healthcare will not pay for Apple devices and Apple doesn't do software for non-Apple products so, I don't see how they will crack the healthcare industry.

 

[Tech198]

If Apple wants to do something about Healthcare then they need to develop software that will run in more things then Apple devices. Hospitals aren't going to pay to upgrade to Apple products.

Maybe not, but Apple has an eco-system.... At least Health-Kit is open-source though....That's probably something Apple will run, kicking and screaming about. but they're slowly getting to this point.

Look at iOS,, now we have extension support and third party keyboards, something we never had.

If all of this was turned in reverse and Apple was the company that everyone used and Windows was limited... the story would change. Hospitals are gonna do for the "sharing" with everyone, not a small number. And as usual, it will only work if every hospital uses Mac's, something that i can't see that happening... Least not now..

 

[SDAVE]

Tim Cook is the most boring CEO.

 

[Bubba Satori]

Apple Health announced today that all iOS beta catheters are being pulled to fix bugs and performance issues.
MacRumors catheter users are reporting that drinking more that 1oz. of fluid a day is bricking their devices.
Apple Health recommends that affected users refrain from drinking or peeing until an update is available.

 

[dk001]

If Apple wants to do something about Healthcare then they need to develop software that will run in more things then Apple devices. Hospitals aren't going to pay to upgrade to Apple products.

I see plenty of doctors using tablets but they are not iPads, they are Windows or Android because they can get them dirt cheap.

Shoot, I was in they hospital a month ago for a kidney stone and almost every computer I saw was still running Windows XP. Some of the big equipment with computers built into them were running older versions of Windows, probably heavily modified versions of 98 or ME (you see this in many old POS systems as well).

My point. Healthcare will not pay for Apple devices and Apple doesn't do software for non-Apple products so, I don't see how they will crack the healthcare industry.

Most healthcare software is actually a services package where software is proprietary, hardware is partially custom, and about 80% is services. That is going to be a tough market to get into. Especially for Apple with their "control" mindset.