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Mobile platforms wars have primed web apps for a comeback [Guest Post]

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Guest Post by: Olivier Forget, industry insider, and developer of mobile medical software. Back in 2008 I created a “web-app designed for iPhone”, as Apple puts it, to let medical residents view their schedules on MedRez.net using their iPhones. I did this by following Apple’s instructions. I could have created a native app and offered it in the App Store, but it seemed unnecessarily complicated and I wanted to do something quickly. The web-app has nicely formatted pages that fit just [Read more]

How Apple’s Position on Flash Could Turn Many Medical Professionals Back to Android

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Storm clouds continue to gather in the Apple-Adobe feud over Flash and recent reports suggest it could get even worse. Reports are surfacing that they Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are in discussions over opening an inquiry into the recent changes to the iPhone OS developer license agreement. As we discussed previously, these changes basically kill Flash on the iPhone OS, thus including both the iPhone and iPad. We’ve talked previously about our excitement over the numerous emerging [Read more]

Adobe is Bringing Flash to the iPad – What This Means for Electronic Health Records

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Apple chose Oscars night to announce to the world the coming of their newest device, the iPad. Meanwhile, the folks interested in tech and health IT have been feverishly debating its significance in the medical sphere since its unveiling to the press in January. While its roots in the iPhone OS immediately gives it a huge library of ready applications and a highly-polished user experience, a few themes of disappointment have persisted. The one complaint that is most commonly repeated [Read more]