Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending November 29: Digital health passport, blockchain for COVID status, exposure notification apps, AI for suicide prevention, Amazon's pharmacy venture, cyberattack knocks out EMR, mental health demand, cloud EMR market growth
Leading airlines roll out digital health passport
Healthcare Global ~ Leila Hawkins ~ 26/11/2020
The CommonPass saves the user's test results onto their mobile device, along with any other health screening information mandated by the destination country. The pass then generates a QR code which can be printed or scanned by airline staff to confirm the passenger's health status.
Blockchain could be the key to vaccine distribution, says IBM
MobiHealthNews ~ Laura Lovett ~ 25/11/2020
IBM has been working on a structure to address this very issue, called IBM Health Pass, which would use blockchain to verify a person’s COVID-19 status.
