Our Perspective

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  Alzheimer’s - Is Early Detection Becoming a Reality?

  By Sabrina Link |February 14, 2019|English

  For a long time, Alzheimer’s could only be definitively diagnosed after a patient’s death based on neuropathological findings in the brain. Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning and spinal fluid technologies can improve on purely clinical...

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  Office Romance and Sexual Harassment - Knowing the Difference

  By Mindy Pollack |February 14, 2019|English

  Is the #MeToo movement influencing workplace behaviors? Sexual Harassment charges filed with the EEOC are up 13.6% in the past year, even as overall employee charges are trending downward.1 More than one in four workers say that recent allegations...

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  Electronic Health Records in Germany - An Answer To All Health Questions?

  By Annika Tiedemann |February 12, 2019|English | Deutsch

  The German Appointment Service and Supply Act, which comes into effect in early 2019, requires health funds to offer policyholders electronic health records (EHRs) by 1 January 2021 at the latest. Although large sections of the act’s wording are...

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  Technology and Aging - Friend or Foe?

  By Jean-Marc Fix |February 05, 2019|English

  In order to anticipate the future, it is important to know the past and how we arrived at today. But Yogi Berra would surely approve when I say that most important of all is to also know the future. It is true that I, no more than you, can’t precisely...

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  Digital Technology and Insurance - Joining the Dots Between Us

  By Ross Campbell |January 30, 2019|English

  When David Bowie was making a name for himself in the early 70s he looked like any other pop singer with long hair. Then he changed dramatically. The person responsible was Suzi Ronson, a hairdresser peripheral to the music business. For Bowie, becoming...

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  Insuring Liquor Liability – Knowing the Rules of the Road

  By Laura Allison and Jeff Markowski |January 16, 2019|English

  Are you keeping up with the changes in liquor liability laws? It seems that as one state tightens those laws, another state opens the door to more claims. Do these developments matter in the grand scheme of things? Yes, they sometimes do. A few laws...

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