01.08.2018 09.08 CDT
A recent study provides strong evidence that the financial industry implicitly tolerates adviser misconduct and that certain firms have created a secondary market for advisers who engage in misconduct.
Patterns of How the Financial Industry Tolerates Misconduct
This paper helps demonstrate how it is not enough for plan fiduciaries to rely on regulatory rules to protect against predatory behavior; as in so many horror movies, the predator is already inside the house.
A recent paper raises some important - and troubling - issues about how the financial industry treats advisers who engage in serious misconduct. The paper demonstrates how investment adviser misconduct is tolerated and how advisers who engage in misconduct are likely to be concentrated in certain firms.
01.05.2017 12.47 CDT
Telemedicine helps reduce health care costs and improve outcomes – and could do more if regulators let it.
Telemedicine: Poised for Takeoff or Frustration?
For individuals who cannot travel or live in remote areas, telehealth can provide critical evaluation and condition management support.
Telemedicine - which includes a variety of electronic media to provide medical services and monitor patients with certain chronic conditions – holds much promise for reducing costs and improving outcomes. What are the obstacles to achieving even greater results?
19.04.2017 10.53 CDT
Gaps in health literacy hinder Americans’ ability to participate in important health care decisions or to follow medical advice.
Health Literacy: What Is It and Why It Matters
Health Literacy provides us a chance to prevent being herded into bad decisions.
Many Americans have difficulty making important decisions about their health care and understanding important medical information.