Posts Tagged workplace health

  • CareATC Celebrates 15 Years CareATC Celebrates 15 Years

    Several things are new about CareATC but the one that is highlighted in this post is their birthday party and open house that is planned for October 22nd at 3 p.m. at their new Corporate Support Center. This is their birthday celebration and they will also be celebrating a network designation by ...

  • Mercer Study Shows Employers Won't Cut Onsite Clinics In Spite of Mercer Study Shows Employers Won’t Cut Onsite Clinics In Spite of “Cadillac Tax”

    In a recent article in Forbes by Bruce Japsen, reference was made to a study of more than 100 large employers (by Mercer) showing that in spite of the fear of the "Cadillac Tax" on benefit plans costing employers at least $10,200/year for a single employee (or $27,500 annually for family benefits), ...

  • Patient Inclusion in the EMR Process? Patient Inclusion in the EMR Process?

    The New York Times is reporting in an article by Steven Lohr that involving the patient directly in their medical information is a future trend that is positive and somewhat of  a game-changing event.  It details one case and then goes on to address the fact that there are some major medical cente...

  • NAWHC Survey of On-Site Programming NAWHC Survey of On-Site Programming

    The National Association of Worksite Health Centers has just launched a national survey of employers to determine and define the nature of the health care that is being provided (and planned!) for employees at the workplace. This is an important effort that will build upon other surveys conduct...

  • Business Coalitions Get in the Act

    More and more business coalitions are getting onto the on-site and near site space.  A couple of notable examples come to mind immediately.  One is in the upper Wisconsin area and the other is in Indianapolis.  OurHealth is the regional vendor that is coordinating care among several employer who ...

  • Study Says NCQA PCMH Model “Best”

    A study conducted by Michael Ewing at the University of Alabama, the results of which were published in the Journal of Healthcare Management (58:4 July/August 2013 issue, p258-265) evaluated three models with respect to the effectiveness of a patient-centered medical home.  Those 3 models were deve...

  • Bellin Health Cited by the NY Times Bellin Health Cited by the NY Times

    Bellin Health - Wisconsin It does not matter whether you know about Bellin, or not.  They are making their presence felt in a big way in their own market area in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where they are matching efforts and maintaining a presence in a state with a lot of other prominent health care...

  • 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...

  • 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...

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