Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending October 7: BlackBerry reinvents for health IT security, European PHR market, Irish EHR market, ONC builds FHIR Inferno, FDA playbook for medical device security, opioid crisis v patient privacy, apps for remote vital signs and smartphone ultrasound, NpfIT battle, Jawbone returns
BlackBerry launches Spark platform for secure connectivity, healthcare security products
MobiHealthNews ~ Laura Lovett ~ 04/10/2018
BlackBerry's new healthcare-related security products include a blockchain system for medical data and operating system for secure medical devices.
ONC releases testing suite to ensure consistent FHIR implementations
Health Data Management ~ Greg Slabodkin ~ 04/10/2018
ONC contends that the testing tool – called Inferno – is particularly important for developers releasing FHIR servers, systems from which provider- and patient-facing apps and other services will obtain health data.
