Greater Than the Sum of the Parts: Pharmacists and Remote Monitoring

Enzymes produce a product, but an enzyme paired with a coenzyme produces more of that product than the two would produce working independently. This is a classic result in biology and in nature generally, and it is also common in human production and public policy. In fancy econometric (statistical) terms, this is called an “interaction effect.” It is the incremental difference in output that comes from combining 2 or more variables, separate and apart from their individual contributions to that output. Sometimes the effect is positive, and sometimes it is negative.