The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that Chinese-made patient monitor devices, Contec CMS8000 and its relabelled version, Epsimed MN-120, have a built-in backdoor leaking patient data to an unauthorised remote server, which can also execute unauthorised code on the device. These affected monitors are used in various medical settings across the US and Europe.
The True Cost of Focusing on Cost Instead of Cost-Effectiveness
When payors consider only the cost of the medication and not the cost and risk to the patient, doctor, and healthcare system, the irony is
