Medtronic taking advantage of 175 iOS apps so that mobile sales/marketing employees can work more effectively

Apple: Medtronic has developed 175 iPhone and iPad apps for employees to use (MedCityNews)
When I tuned into Apple’s quarterly earning conference call yesterday, my goal was to get more information on its IBM collaboration, particularly what it could do with Watson’s big data capabilities in healthcare. Analysts tried but Apple wouldn’t go into details. But I did find an interesting tidbit about 13 minutes into the call when Apple called attention to how Medtronic is using its iOS platform to develop apps for its medical device business internally — 175 custom apps used across 16,500 iPhones a...