Author Archive
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NBGH and Towers Watson 17th Annual Survey
We often report on this annual survey and this year is no exception. NBGH and Towers Watson can be relied upon to provide credible and up-to-date information on issues related to employer healthcare spending, planning, etc. We refer you to the Executive Summary of this year's report for ...
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AMA to “Evaluate” On-Site Clinic Trends
We might say, "It's about time," or, "What took so long?" The amednews.com reported just this week that the House of Delegates will be considering a resolution "calling for the AMA to study work-site clinics and develop guidelines for their operation." This may be a little late in coming...
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Update on Montana Clinics
We mentioned in a post earlier that the State of Montana was seeking proposals to operate on-site clinics for all of the State's employees. Subsequently, in our most recent newsletter, we likewise reported that the bid had been awarded to CareHere, with some grumbling from the local vendors. Thi...
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Colleges Increase On-site Pool
CHS will be moving decisively into the college and university business with the addition of Purdue Univesity as a new three year service agreement, According to documents that we were able source. Don't get this confused with the 'student clinic'. This is all about employees and their benefit...
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HERO – information and articles of interest
HERO? This is an organization that is all about healthy employees, and it seems to be a great resource for information and articles. Go to the HERO Web site for more information. It has a variety of articles and ideas that are all centered on wellness in the work site. Their material is not...
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PWC Reports on Mobile Health Trends
I think that everyone understands that there is an increasing dependence upon new technology and social media for any number of consumer finance decisions. The Internet is here to stay, and we have to remind ourselves that hospitals and health care systems just don't lead in areas of information e...
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Hospitals are the new “vendors”
For any number of newsletter issues and in many presentations, we have contended that hospitals are going to come to the forefront as vendors and compete directly in the on-site clinic environment. Actually, the vendors are promoting their involvement to a certain extent, and the employer communit...
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Prescription Medication Adherence Studies
We typically think of research studies being done by universities, medical schools, and the like. But, Walgreens recently presented and released the results of three clinical studies on medication compliance. One in particular was the "Impact of Community Pharmacist-Led Counseling on Patient Med...
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Commonwealth Fund Commission Report
The Commonwealth Fund has issued several reports on a "High Performance Health System," but the one we will point you to here is the "Scorecard on Local Health System Performance." Those of you who have clinics established may find the information at least interesting, but likely also helpful in...
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Sherman and Fabius in JOEM
Bruce Sherman, MD and Ray Fabius MD have co-authored a new study that will be published this month in The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine that addresses ROI and its relationship to on-site clinics. This is, from our ongoing review of the literature, the only survey of return on ...
