US to Deploy More Than $50 Million to Shield Private Hospitals From Cyberattacks
ARPA-H will fund organizations that develop tools to spot and fix vulnerabilities in hospital software
Doctors monitor an electrocardiogram recording of a patient's cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
The US government is seeking to play a more active role in protecting the private health-care sector from a deluge of cyberattacks that have disrupted patient care and left providers unpaid.
US health officials will unveil Monday a new program to create tools that defend internet-connected hospital equipment from cyberattacks that could take them offline or leave them incapacitated. The effort could shore up protections for imaging devices used to detect cancer or assist with surgeries, EKGs that monitor heartbeats and systems that allow doctors to prescribe drugs to patients.