Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control reveals that 1 in 22 four-year-old children in California are on the autism spectrum, significantly surpassing the national average. This increase, ...

Recently, health insurer WellPoint partnered with IBM’s Watson technology in an effort to help physicians diagnose and design treatment plans based on large amounts of data and evidence. Watson is ...

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 ...

Mental-health clinicians and therapy clients often harbor inaccurate beliefs about evidence-based practices in psychology (EBPPs). The term “evidence-based practice” is defined by the American ...

Medical Affairs teams act as a bridge between a pharmaceutical company’s research and development efforts and the healthcare community, working to ensure that patients receive the best possible care ...

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 ...

Touting something, including psychotherapy, as an “evidence-based treatment” can be reassuring because we think that means it works. Many believe that the descriptor signifies it is more scientific ...

Rick: There’s a lot of enthusiasm for “evidence-based practice.” I get it. I’d much rather schools employ evidence-based practices than “evidence-free” or “demonstrably ineffective” ones. But the ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

Since the pandemic, the urgency of designing and scaling evidence-based products to support learning recovery has become more pronounced. Educational institutions are grappling with unprecedented ...

Colorado's state capitol. Evidence-based government has been embraced by the legislative and executive branches. (Photo: David Kidd) Before COVID, governors had hoped to increase general fund ...