Archive for General

  • AMA to 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...

  • Colleges Increase On-site Pool 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...

  • HERO - information and articles of interest 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...

  • PWC Reports on Mobile Health Trends 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...

  • Hospitals are the new 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...

  • Prescription Medication Adherence Studies 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...

  • Sherman and Fabius in JOEM 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 ...

  • NAWHC is now up and running!

    "The Association" is a reality and many readers have probably already joined.  Thank you for your ideas, support and interest.  All of us who have been involved believe that this is an important step in the maturation process of the industry and that it is a very timely effort in light of the many...

  • NLRB, HIPAA, IBT and PepsiCo - Duking it out over Incentives NLRB, HIPAA, IBT and PepsiCo – Duking it out over Incentives

    Ok, so maybe I got a little carried away with the abbreviations and initials, but it was so darned tempting!   The thing is, apparently the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) has now involved the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a dispute with PepsiCo over financial "penalties" b...

  • The Law and On-site Clinic Development The Law and On-site Clinic Development

    Due to copyright requirements, we can't excerpt the article here, but we can point you to it.   "Legal Considerations When Implementing On-Site Clinics" on the web site, http://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/on-site-clinic-fiduciary-liability-2721550-1.html.   Worth the read, particularly if you are n...