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The pandemic lingers on, defined by the viral variants of COVID-19. We explore the mutation patterns to determine whether the...

COVID-19 showed that outcomes cannot represent the full scope of patient behavior. More than outcomes, the perceptions patients hold determine...

The final days of the pandemic may feel like a prolonged good-bye, but for regions facing local surges in viral...

There is much talk about healthcare equity, and the importance of access in healthcare. But access means different things to...

To find meaning in suffering is to transcend it. Something we can do in healthcare now that the pandemic seems...

Healthcare is now fully engaged in many of the social justice issues grappling the country. A move generally seen to...

Any upgrade can be justified through the pretense of healing. It is a matter of perspective. Just like medical errors...

Expert and novice. Physician and patient. The presumed dichotomy between those deemed experts or knowledgeable, compared to those deemed novices...

The pandemic ushered in clinical studies that have changed healthcare policy. But the pace of publications also led to studies...

For most businesses, the relationship between revenue and cost is defined in a straightforward unit economic model. In healthcare, this...

Healthcare data has proven to be of little value to both policy makers and to the public. Instead of data,...

Healthcare is irrational and patients behave irrationally. Yet we continue to develop healthcare models assuming that patients are rational. Behavioral...