HealthcareITNews: Linux Foundation Public Health projects first focused on Google-Apple Exposure Notification API

The Linux Foundation has launched a new project to harness open source software to help global public health agencies fight back against COVID-19 and prepare for future public health challenges.

WHY IT MATTERS
The Linux Foundation Public Health Initiative has signed on seven premier members – Cisco, doc.ai, Geometer, IBM, NearForm, Tencent and VMware – as it works on two initial projects.

Covid Watch, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, and US Digital Response have also joined as nonprofit associate members.