The Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP) is a collaboration of country governments and the World Health Organization (WHO) formed to support the executive implementation of worldwide digital health services.
Medical devices, including patient monitors and imaging systems, are increasingly a target for cyberattacks. Attackers exploit vulnerabilities to access sensitive patient data and disrupt critical healthcare services. In addressing this urgent global threat, GDHP collaborated with Singapore agency Synapxe to develop the GDHP Guidance for Medical Device Cybersecurity (GMDC).
The GDHP includes international digital health leaders from the national authorities of:
The GDHP has five work streams, selected by GDHP members, that work together to develop and implement projects that dynamically impact digital health globally as well as for the GDHP members.
Creating strategies to secure healthcare devices, data, systems, and networks
Promoting data sharing between providers, patients, and caregivers
Sharing methods, best practices, and examples of digital health evaluation frameworks
Building digital health literacy across global healthcare
Promoting smart policymaking to foster effective, secure digital health technology use
This website is designed, developed, and managed under the direction of the GDHP Chair, which is currently the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, directorate of Health Information Policy/CIO of The Netherlands.
