[HN Gopher] Veterans use Apple technology to revolutionize traum...
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       Veterans use Apple technology to revolutionize trauma medicine
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2021-11-10 17:03 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | Wingman4l7 wrote:
       | Software on a tablet, maybe with some cross-device data syncing.
       | Nothing special or unique to Apple -- this is an eyeroll-worthy
       | puff piece.
        
         | dkonofalski wrote:
         | That's pretty dismissive and inaccurate. The app's only
         | available on iPad and, while it could be on other devices, it
         | is currently unique to Apple and utilizes HealthKit services
         | which are also only available with Apple.
        
         | bigyellow wrote:
         | How else are Apple product managers going to get promoted, if
         | not by invoking strong feelings of patriotism by trotting out
         | the veterans that it suddenly cares so much about?
        
         | kayodelycaon wrote:
         | Actually, this is unique to Apple because they have a massive
         | number of relatively cheap, high-quality tablets all over the
         | world running the _same operating system_ across many
         | generations of the same product.
         | 
         | There is nothing in the market that can match an iPad for this
         | application.
        
           | curiousgal wrote:
           | > relatively cheap, high-quality tablets all over the world
           | 
           | Tell me you're American without telling me you're American.
           | 
           | Joke asside, there is nothing relatively cheap about iPads
           | around the world. They are absolutely expensive. Like
           | multiple-month-income-expensive in most parts of the world.
        
             | kayodelycaon wrote:
             | Relatively cheap for medical equipment.
        
             | xaduha wrote:
             | Not only that, but saying that it runs the same operating
             | system is disingenuous.
             | 
             | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history#Overview
             | 
             | Sure, it's called the same, but old versions are
             | discontinued and worse than Android in this state in my
             | experience. Unless you previously bought/downloaded some
             | old versions of most widespread apps like Youtube you won't
             | be able to install them without jumping through hoops.
             | 
             | And even if you get them some old apps don't even work
             | anymore because developers don't support them therefore
             | jailbreak won't help either.
        
               | kayodelycaon wrote:
               | A lot of Apple's older hardware will run the latest OS.
               | Which is the same operating system across all of those
               | devices.
        
       | ghusbands wrote:
       | Interestingly, this approach might help sneak checklists into
       | more of medicine. They've proven wondrously helpful in so many
       | fields, but typically been rejected by doctors. The software
       | mentioned in the article gives suggestions and tracks required
       | interventions and timings, meaning that there should be fewer
       | mistakes.
       | 
       | Hopefully, it won't endanger people who don't fit the software's
       | model.
        
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