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  • The “Healthcare Cybersecurity Improvement Act” aims to enhance the cybersecurity framework in the U.S. healthcare sector by establishing the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center. It directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to initiate grants for smaller hospitals and...

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    The Healthcare Cybersecurity Improvement Act is a plan to help make hospitals' computer systems safer by creating a special center and giving money to small and rural hospitals to improve their defenses against digital threats. It also sets rules for making sure medical devices and hospital computer networks are protected, and it has special rules for big hospitals to help smaller ones with technology problems without getting in trouble, unless they make really big mistakes.