Our health care system may soon receive a much-needed cybersecurity boost

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H) launches the Digital Health Security project to fund the development of cybersecurity technologies for US health care.

Key points:

1. Arpa-H is seeking proposals for cybersecurity tools that can improve defenses for digital infrastructure in US health care.
2. The initiative aims to address the increasing cyberattacks on health care systems, hospitals, clinics, and health-related devices.
3. The goal is to develop effective and usable digital defense tools for medical facilities in practice.