- Functional Impairments in South Africa
- The risk of resurgence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis
- An actuarial viewpoint on predictive modeling
- Electronic Health Records – the Direct Project
ReFlections is RGA’s medical underwriting newsletter, written by RGA experts. It presents underwriters and medical directors with timely, in-depth information to assist with underwriting issues. With ReFlections, RGA hopes to identify trends in mortality and morbidity that could impact your interpretation of medical information.
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ReFlections Archive
- Impact of increasingly complex predictive models
- Mortality impact from the use of opioids
- Functional MRIs and how they can be used to evaluate various medical conditions
- Developments in Electronic Medical Records
- Bariatric surgery and the issues related to post-surgical mortality
- Introductory articles on Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Predictive Modeling
Fall 2011 (PDF)
- Advances in cancer
- Insights on heart failure
Spring 2011 (PDF)
- Edema: What is it, and why is it important?
- Age and amount requirements - prevalence and mortality
- Melanoma of the skin and changes in the staging protocol for skin cancer
- Benefits and challenges of the PSA screening test for prostate cancer
- Weighing-in on obesity (Part 2)
- Prostate cancer statistics, risk factors and the histological grading of prostate cancer differentiation
- Viral Hepatitis B and C — natural history, immune reactions and common progression to end-stage liver disease
- MRSA and its impact on underwriting and mortality
- Sleep and sleep apnea
- Pharmacy check utilization
- Underwriting coronary artery
- Revascularization procedures
- The value of screening for cognitive function in the elderly
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Fall 2011: Japanese (PDF)
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Spring 2011: French (PDF)
Spring 2011: Spanish (PDF)
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Fall 2010: Spanish (PDF)
Spring 2009: Spanish (PDF)
Spring 2009: Korean (PDF)
Winter 2009: French (PDF)