Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote, “the limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” Fortunately, human communication carries multiple layers of signals - verbal and non-verbal, conscious and subconscious - with language or consciousness representing summarizations of all those signals. Similarly, the patient-physician interaction also is laden with signals. Even without considering the vagaries of… Continue reading Language and Its Discontents
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The Art of Progress
As I wrote in my last essay, real world evidence (RWE) generated from “big” real world data (RWD) is upending the hegemony of traditional randomized controlled trials and the evidence hierarchy. RWE is being used for epidemiological evidence to identify targets for drug development, for safety surveillance of approved medical products, for examining changes in patterns… Continue reading The Art of Progress
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