Becker's Healthcare December 8, 2021
Georgina Gonzalez

Google is partnering with the World Health Organization to build an open-source developer kit to empower healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries.

Many healthcare providers across the world use smartphone apps to help guide decision-making in treating medical conditions, using them to update and access medical records. “However, the data is often stored across multiple applications using different data formats, making it difficult for healthcare workers to have all the information they need,” read a Dec. 8 press release. Exchanging data between providers is also difficult, inhibiting a holistic view on community health.

Thus, in partnership with WHO, Google is developing...

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