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By  MobiHealthNews 12:41 pm September 23, 2021
Last week, a database that was not password protected exposed more than 61 million records containing data from fitness trackers and wearables, including Apple HealthKit and Fitbit. On today's HIMSSCast a team of HIMSS Media editors – host Jonah Comstock, MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura Lovett, MobiHealthNews Senior Editor Emily Olsen, and Healthcare IT News Executive Editor Mike Miliard –...
Doctor showing senior patient how to synchronize health app in smartphone and smartwatch
By  Emily Olsen 01:40 pm September 14, 2021
A database that was not password protected exposed more than 61 million records containing data from fitness trackers and wearables, according to a breach report by WebsitePlanet and security researcher Jeremiah Fowler. Fowler and WebsitePlanet’s research team found many of the exposed records contained information like first and last name, display name, birthdate, weight, height, gender and...
By  Jonah Comstock 07:05 am April 4, 2013
Last January StartUp Health announced a special class of consumer health startups that would benefit from mentorship and support from GE Healthcare. Now the company has announced its first class of 13 companies (up from 10 originally announced) to participate in the 3-year program, funded through GE's $6 billion healthyimagination initiative. As we reported at the time, companies in the program...