Health IT Security August 21, 2023
Spearheaded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), the DIGIHEALS project aims to ensure operational continuity amid a cyberattack.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a division of HHS, announced the formation of the Digital Health Security (DIGIHEALS) project, aimed at protecting the United States healthcare system’s electronic infrastructure.
ARPA-H is a funding agency that supports biomedical and health research. Created in 2022, ARPA-H funds research spanning a wide range of areas, specifically focusing on solutions “with the potential to advance areas of medicine and health that cannot readily be accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity,” its website states.
The DIGIHEALS project is specifically geared toward developing technologies that help ensure that patients continue to...