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Driven by headlines and incomplete, misleading data that favor a telehealth narrative, health systems and healthcare investors must start asking “who” is actually supporting waning demand. The ...

When two, three or four apples are placed in front of us, we are able to recognize the number of apples very quickly. However, we need significantly more time if there are five or more apples and we ...

Quantifying things is an overarching goal in science, but recent events have left me pondering just why that is. After all, we've long known that numbers can be precise but inaccurate. The textbook ...