General Hospital Murska Sobota

General Hospital Murska Sobota is a public regional healthcare institution in Slovenia providing secondary-level healthcare services to the population of the Pomurje region. The hospital delivers a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitation, emergency and specialist outpatient services. It actively uses healthcare information systems and digital health solutions to support clinical and administrative processes. As a critical healthcare provider, the hospital is committed to ensuring the security, availability and reliability of healthcare services and patient data.

The hospital provides expertise in emergency care, surgery, internal medicine, gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, intensive care, diagnostic and laboratory services, rehabilitation, and a wide range of specialist outpatient healthcare services. It has been actively involved in the digital transformation of healthcare through the implementation of electronic health records, healthcare information systems, digital diagnostic technologies and integration with national eHealth services, and it continuously improves cybersecurity and operational resilience through secure network infrastructure, access control, data backup and recovery, multi-factor authentication, and compliance with national and European information-security requirements.

General Hospital Murska Sobota participates as a healthcare end-user and pilot organisation. The hospital contributes by assessing its cybersecurity and resilience maturity, identifying healthcare-specific risks and needs, participating in training and awareness activities, validating project tools and methodologies, and providing feedback from a real healthcare environment. Its involvement helps ensure that project outcomes are practical, effective and applicable to healthcare organisations.

The key contribution of General Hospital Murska Sobota is providing a real healthcare environment for the assessment, validation and improvement of cybersecurity and resilience measures. The hospital contributes practical experience in healthcare operations, digital healthcare services and healthcare information systems. Through participation in assessments, pilot activities, training and feedback processes, it helps ensure that project outcomes are aligned with the needs of healthcare providers and can be effectively applied in everyday clinical practice.

General Hospital Murska Sobota contributes to the project by providing practical healthcare-sector experience and a real clinical environment for testing and validating cybersecurity and resilience measures. Through active participation, the hospital supports the development of stronger cybersecurity practices, improved preparedness for cyber incidents, and increased resilience of healthcare organisations across the Adriatic region, ultimately helping to protect patient data and ensure continuity of healthcare services.