Workplace Health Services Blog

Negative Healthcare Changes I Have Seen Because of Technology

There’s no denying that advances in technology have often been a good thing when it comes to health care. But is there also downside? With the advent of the internet and computer technology, more and more jobs are completely sedentary, requiring employees to spend eight or more hours per day sitting in front of a screen. [...]

Positive Healthcare Changes I Have Seen Because of Technology

Technology in the medical field is almost always seen as a good thing. Take washing hands before surgery. Before the discovery of bacteria, this practice was quite uncommon. As a result, so was recovery. Improved technology has paved the way for innumerable heath care changes, including breakthrough cures, increased comfort of modern pain management, and less [...]

Why Are Employee Assistance Programs Important for Employers?

Behavioral health is an often-ignored aspect of overall healthcare costs. Not only can undiagnosed or untreated mental health issues end up as severe conditions, they can also cost an employer money and time. Here’s how an effectively run employee assistance program could reduce those costs: Presenteeism An employee’s body may be at work, but if their mind is [...]

Workplace Health Solutions' Healthcare Advocacy

Healthcare advocacy is about encouraging people to make the right decisions regarding their healthcare. That principal is also at the center of all onsite healthcare or at least it should be. Healthcare advocacy, in the traditional sense, works by providing wellness programs, prevention programs and healthcare management programs. But, when you strip it down, it’s really [...]

Why Large Corporations Should Offer an Onsite Mammography Program

I’m a breast cancer survivor. I’ve been through the whole process, every step of it, and I’m still walking that final stretch of recovery. Thankfully, I am currently cancer free and have been for 10 years. As grateful as I am for the quality of care that I received and continue to receive, I can tell [...]

Our Contribution to The Push For Digital Medical Records

Electronic medical records solve a lot of problems. Yes, there are privacy issues and yes, there’s the issue of easy portability, but I believe the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. Digital medical records allow for a more efficient use of staff time, they increase doctor to doctor communication and they ensure an individual is getting a higher [...]

The One Way to Reduce Workplace Healthcare Costs

So many companies are throwing money at their healthcare plans without asking "Why?" Without asking "How can I make this better?" We recommend a different approach...

Evidence Based Medicine at the Workplace – Part 2

In my last post, I talked about how onsite healthcare can work for all sizes of business, big and small. This is exactly why we’re in the process of developing a health advocacy product that uses claims analytics software coupled with evidence based medicine (EBM) guidelines and is suitable for a wide range of self-insured [...]

"Oh by the way" – My Healthcare Advocacy Story

The CEO here at WHS makes a point of visiting our long-standing clients on a fairly regular basis. It’s an occasional meet and greet to make sure everything’s running smoothly and a good way to garner feedback on our various workplace health solutions. So, they’re sitting in their meeting, running through the general platitudes of how [...]