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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2023

Strengthening Cybersecurity for Patient Data Protection in Europe.

Robin van Kessel, Madeleine Haig, Elias Mossialos

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robin van KesselLSE Health, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6309-6343
Madeleine HaigLSE Health, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0008-4925-6898
Elias MossialosLSE Health, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8664-9297
London School of Economics and Political Science · GBImperial College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The health care sector experiences 76% of cybersecurity breaches due to basic web application attacks, miscellaneous errors, and system intrusions, resulting in compromised health data or disrupted health services. The European Commission proposed the European Health Data Space (EHDS) in 2022 to enhance care delivery and improve patients' lives by offering all European Union (EU) citizens control over their personal health data in a private and secure environment. The EU has taken an important step in homogenizing the health data environment of the European health ecosystem, although more attention needs to be paid to keeping the health data of EU citizens safe and secure within the EHDS. The pooling of health data across countries can have tremendous benefits, but it may also become a target for cybercriminals or state-sponsored hackers. State-of-the-art security measures are essential, and the current EHDS proposal lacks sufficient measures to warrant a cybersecure and resilient environment.

Indexed as

Computer SecurityEcosystemEuropeEuropean UnionHealth Care SectorHumanscybersecuritydata privacydigital healthEuropeEuropean Health Data Spacehealth servicemedical informaticsmHealthpatient safetyprivacy

Identifiers

PMID37616048
PMCPMC10485705
OpenAlexW4386116576

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