Cybersecurity of Hospitals: discussing the challenges and working towards mitigating the risks

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland.
² School of Computer and Communication Sciences, EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), EPFL IC IINFCOM LDS, BC 266 (Bâtiment BC), Station 14, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Johns Hopkins University/Johns Hopkins Medicine, 5801 Smith Avenue, Davis Building, Suite 3110B, Baltimore, MD, 21209, USA.
⁴ International Risk Governance Center (IRGC), EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), EPFL ENT-R IRGC, BAC 001.1 (Château de Bassenges), Station 5, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, CH-1211, Genève 14, Switzerland.
⁶ National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NH-ISAC), 226 North Nova Road, Suite 391, Ormond Beach, Florida, 32174, USA.
⁷ Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 309B Knowles Engineering Bldg, University of Massachusetts, 151 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA, 01003-9284, USA.
⁸ Department of Information Technology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
⁹ Aspen University, 1660 S. Albion St., Suite 525, Denver, Colorado, 80222, USA.
¹⁰ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland. antoine.flahault@unige.ch.

Review

Salem T Argaw et al. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 3;20(1):146.

doi: 10.1186/s12911-020-01161-7.

¹ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland.
² School of Computer and Communication Sciences, EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), EPFL IC IINFCOM LDS, BC 266 (Bâtiment BC), Station 14, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Johns Hopkins University/Johns Hopkins Medicine, 5801 Smith Avenue, Davis Building, Suite 3110B, Baltimore, MD, 21209, USA.
⁴ International Risk Governance Center (IRGC), EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), EPFL ENT-R IRGC, BAC 001.1 (Château de Bassenges), Station 5, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, CH-1211, Genève 14, Switzerland.
⁶ National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NH-ISAC), 226 North Nova Road, Suite 391, Ormond Beach, Florida, 32174, USA.
⁷ Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 309B Knowles Engineering Bldg, University of Massachusetts, 151 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA, 01003-9284, USA.
⁸ Department of Information Technology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
⁹ Aspen University, 1660 S. Albion St., Suite 525, Denver, Colorado, 80222, USA.
¹⁰ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland. antoine.flahault@unige.ch.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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