It’s no surprise that inappropriate care decisions can negatively impact patients, but they also place a strain on the entire health care system. At a time when the demand for health care providers ...

The Five Case Model helps governments make smarter, evidence‑based investment decisions that deliver real public value.

What makes an education intervention evidence-based? Over the last 20 years, that question has moved front and center as more federal and state agencies require programs to show evidence of ...

Clinical practice in the United States is marked by significant variation, leading in some cases to suboptimal quality of care and poor health outcomes. Despite the proliferation of clinical practice ...

In the human resources world, I’ve observed that many leaders use their experience and intuition as decision-making guides. There’s a time and place for relying on experience and intuition, but solely ...

Amid shrinking budgets, multiplying federal and state requirements for school improvement, and rapidly changing educational technology, it’s critical for education leaders to identify whether a given ...

Dr. Pappas can be contacted at [email protected]. This letter was published on July 9, 2025, at NEJM.org. No potential conflict of interest relevant to this letter was reported. Zhang B, Thacker D, ...

Detectives and scientists have a lot in common. Both collect data, develop hypotheses and test their assumptions. And both pursue evidence in the hope of a definitive finding. Science was key to the ...