"HHS Launches Digital Health Security Project to Protect Healthcare Infrastructure"
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has announced the formation of the Digital Health Security (DIGIHEALS) project, which aims to protect the electronic infrastructure of the US healthcare system. ARPA-H is a funding agency supporting health and biomedical research. ARPA-H, established in 2022, funds research in various areas, focusing on solutions with the potential to advance areas of medicine and health that cannot be easily achieved through traditional research or commercial activity. The DIGIHEALS project is dedicated to developing technologies that ensure patients continue to receive care in the event of a widespread cyberattack against a medical facility. This article continues to discuss the DIGIHEALS project.