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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has announced a program called UPGRADE. UPGRADE is a federal investment of $50 million that will be allocated to organizations that can build tools to protect internet-connected hospital equipment from ransomware. HHS will disseminate “multiple awards” to those with the best pitches on how to detect weaknesses and deploy fixes with minimal interruptions to care delivery. The announcement of UPGRADE happened after two large healthcare cyberattacks on Change Healthcare and Ascension.
UPGRADE will bring together equipment manufacturers, cybersecurity experts, and hospital IT staff to develop a software suite for hospital cyber-resilience. There are no official dates for submission of proposals.
ARPA-H will host a Virtual Proposers’ Day via webcast on June 20, 2024, at Noon ET. The event will provide information on the ARPA-H UPGRADE program, address questions from potential proposers, and provide an opportunity for potential proposers to consider how their research and clinical efforts may align with the ARPA-H UPGRADE program objectives. Register here.
Click here for more information in the UPGRADE program.