Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, a US healthcare giant, accidentally exposed the sensitive data of millions of patients, including names, IP addresses and membership statuses. The data was inadvertently shared with advertisers due to the use of “certain online technologies” on the company’s website and mobile apps. An estimated 13.4 million individuals are affected, and the company plans to notify all of them about the data leak.
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
