One of the most common myths in the employer sponsored onsite healthcare clinic industry is that if an onsite health clinic provider is a member of a Health System or affiliated with the local hospital, the provider’s only motivation is to refer employees to the system, increasing employer health costs.
The proverbial “fox in the hen [...]
Prepaid or fixed cost healthcare may seem useless to some employers, but if you take a closer look, this could be more beneficial than you realize, as a business owner and as an employee.
Seattle-based Qliance Medical Management is offering a prepaid healthcare option and concept to businesses in the Pacific Northwest. What Qliance wants to [...]
Swine Flu. The name has stuck, and so have the concerns. Officially known as the H1N1 virus, renewed outbreaks have people worried afresh about contracting the virus through public contact – whether at the mall or at the work place.
We’re hearing a lot of questions coming from our onsite health clinics. Employers are asking our [...]
Wheeled Coach Industries is a mid-size, 400-employee company in Orlando, FL that makes ambulance and rescue vehicles. Last year, they spent $100,000 building their own onsite health clinic in an attempt to reduce employer health costs and produce a healthier work force.
Guess what? It worked.
The clinic is staffed by a doctor, nurse and receptionist and [...]
Corporations who have employees who take chronic disease medications are often at risk of those employees not taking their medications properly, which may lead to increased absenteeism, presenteeism (where the employee is present, but not very productive), or increased health costs through emergency room visits.
A recent study tested the association between onsite health clinics and [...]
In a bottom line economy, companies are eyeballing ROI (return on investment) more carefully than ever. Each investment needs to demonstrate optimal bang for its buck, and nowhere is that more true than in the arena of employer health care.
Onsite health clinics are a great way to decrease employer healthcare costs, but can improve employee [...]
Previously we discussed how employees benefit from relationship healthcare thanks to personalized service, easy access, assistance making informed choices and an increased likelihood of them following through on those decisions or treatment courses. Most importantly, they get to access a personal health system that’s focused on treating them, not their condition.
But how can employers benefit [...]
Our health system is a fragmented animal. Patients have lots of choices and ways of accessing the system whether they’re pushed into it or finding their own way through. Unfortunately, that kind of doesn’t come with a lot of explanation or informed choice. It’s impersonal and patients are left wondering if they’re being treated or [...]
Clinical integration. Really, it’s just a fancy term for being part of a health system. It basically means that your clinic is integrated with a system, hence the name – clinical integration.
So what does integration mean? Usually it means that each part of a health system is connected. So, the physician at your onsite health [...]
I’m pleased to announce that Workplace Health Services will be providing the occupational health nurse and services to The Indiana Clinic starting at the end of July.
The Indiana Clinic program is essentially a partnership among physician groups designed to share information, reduce healthcare costs and cut down on redundancy.
Here’s how it works: each private [...]
Friday, September 4, 2009
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