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Some hospitals' IT infrastructures still use long-forgotten versions of the Windows operating system. (Photo: Wikimedia)

Health Matters

Digital health has potential but needs to be secure

The Estonian presidency of the Council of the EU has put e-health under the political spotlight once again.

But this year's cyberattacks - affecting the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and targeted at consumer credit company Equifax in the United States - has highlighted how vulnerable sensitive personal, social security and health data can be to hackers.

Within the EU, Estonia is considered a digital leader. The country was ranked sixth overall in a recent

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