Return to Workplace Healthcare Focus of Address to National Business Group on Health Members
Posted on: Thursday, 21 June 2007, 15:00 CDT
On-site healthcare facilities for employees, once an approach reserved mostly for manufacturers, are today increasingly popular with employers of all types. As employers continue to look for ways to control healthcare costs and increase productivity, they are frequently turning to a modern version of the company doctor.
In the near future, workplace health centers will be shared by neighboring companies of varying size and nature, predicted the President of CHD Meridian Healthcare, Dr. Raymond J. Fabius.
In a National Business Group on Health online seminar titled "The New Delivery System: Back to the Future of Healthcare at the Worksite," Dr. Fabius said a number of forces are driving the migration to more robust on-site healthcare services. Dr. Fabius is also chief medical officer of CHD Meridian Healthcare, an I-trax company (AMEX: DMX), the leading workplace healthcare provider in the country with 220 locations nationwide.
"Employers are realizing that a healthy workforce is a competitive advantage. Placing trusted clinicians at the workplace who can provide expanded services is the most direct way to accomplish this," Dr. Fabius said. His comments in the seminar were based upon earlier work he published in an article titled, "The Migration Strategy: Building a Benchmark Medical Presence at the Workplace," in Health and Productivity Management.
Dr. Fabius told seminar participants that the return to workplace-based healthcare is being propelled by many factors, including:
-- A desire for greater risk management and regulatory compliance, especially at high risk workplaces or manufacturing operations; -- Case and medical management programs that improve workplace productivity -- coordinated care can reduce absenteeism and presenteeism whether an employee's condition is work related or not; -- The realization that employers can greatly reduce their direct medical costs and lost work time if they approach the workplace population from a holistic view; and -- The ability to integrate additional cost effective medical services including travel medicine, dental and vision services, pharmacy benefits and employee assistance programs.
"With an on-site health center, the improved access to primary care and pharmaceutical services results in earlier intervention and treatment compliance. This reduces the need for specialty care, emergency room use, hospitalization and absence from work," Dr. Fabius said.
Members of the National Business Group on Health can access replays of the online seminar via the organization's website -- www.businessgrouphealth.org.
About CHD Meridian Healthcare
CHD Meridian Healthcare, an I-trax company, is the leading provider of integrated workplace health and productivity management solutions. Serving nearly 100 clients in 34 states, CHD Meridian Healthcare offers on-site health centers, which deliver primary care, acute care, corporate health, occupational health and pharmacy care management services as well as integrated disease management, wellness and lifestyle management programs. CHD Meridian Healthcare provides a comprehensive solution utilizing telephonic and e-health tools to enhance the trusted relationship established by its clinicians at the worksite.
CHD Meridian Healthcare is focused on helping companies achieve employer of choice status, making the workplace safe, improving the quality of care and the productivity of the workforce while mitigating healthcare costs. Managing employer-sponsored health centers for over 40 years, some of CHD Meridian Healthcare's clients include: BMW, Blue Ridge Paper, Coors Brewing Company, Coushatta Casino Resort, Deutsche Bank, Eastman Chemical, Fieldale Farms, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Lowe's, Toyota, UnumProvident and US Steel. For more information, visit www.chdmeridian.com.
Contacts: Michele Hart-Henry CHD Meridian Healthcare (610) 459-2405 x109 Email Contact Michelle Sawatka-Fernandez Edelman (212) 704-4544 Email Contact
SOURCE: I-trax
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