Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending December 13: Free PHR for Android, Palantir's Tiberius Covax monitor, 10 big health data breaches, Google's health research app, AliveCor sues Apple over ECG, Apple wins blood pressure monitor patent, facility-level COVID data, Watson Assistant and COVID messages, risks of EMRs
The Commons Project's free personal health record for Android now supported by 230 health systems
MobiHealthNews ~ Dave Muoio ~ 07/12/2020
Called CommonHealth, the platform is designed as an alternative to Apple's Health Records for those without an iPhone.
The 10 biggest healthcare data breaches of 2020
Health IT Security ~ Jessica Davis ~ 10/12/2020
Much like in 2019, the biggest healthcare data breach of 2020 was caused by a third-party vendor, while ransomware and other risks dominated the threat landscape.
