A cyberattack on U.S. medical transcription firm Perry Johnson & Associates saw nearly four million patient records from Northwell Health and 1.2 million from Cook County Health stolen, alongside those of four million other patients from undisclosed locations. This is one of the worst medical data breaches in recent years, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

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


