Evaluation of Android in medical devices

Donna Cusano

This just-published article in Medical Electronics Design compares Android with the more traditional Windows CE and Linux, and comes to this conclusion: ‘Android is a strong contender for use in medical devices that don’t require the highest level of software reliability, and whose pricing can support the required hardware. It strikes a good balance between functionality, resource requirements, and productivity, and has the additional advantage of building on the huge and thriving Linux ecosystem.’ What do you think? Comment here or on Facebook. Android is the best operating system choice for many medical applications: author Alan Cohen of Logic PD.