Health Care Blog May 14, 2021
Vince Kuraitis and Seth Joseph

Let’s start with a pop quiz. Take 15 seconds to look at the list below, asking yourself the question “What do all these have in common?”

  • address books
  • video cameras
  • pagers
  • wristwatches
  • maps
  • books
  • travel
  • games
  • flashlights
  • home telephones
  • cash registers
  • MP3 players
  • Day timers
  • alarm clocks
  • answering machines
  • The Yellow Pages
  • wallets
  • keys
  • transistor radios
  • personal digital assistants
  • dashboard navigation systems
  • newspapers and magazines
  • directory assistance
  • travel and insurance agents
  • restaurant guides
  • pocket calculators

The commonality is that all of these were disrupted by smartphones and their operating system (OS) platforms — Google Android and Apple iOS.

Let’s consider a healthcare comparison. Ask yourself, “What...

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