HireRight, the leader in on-demand employment screening solutions, today announced its next-generation Drug and Health Screening Solution that allows employers to manage drug testing programs with the same simplicity and performance that they enjoy with HireRight’s background screening solutions. The technology base of the new solution renders the Drug and Health Screening results 50 percent faster than current drug testing options with greater quality and significantly reduced administrative complexity. In addition to providing employers with a vehicle for increased drug testing program performance, the Drug and Health Screening Solution includes features for managing random drug testing programs and draws.
Implementing drug screening programs has not traditionally been simple or straightforward. Unlike many other employment functions that have been highly automated in recent years, such as background screening, drug screening has remained a complicated manual process fraught with confusion. Drug screening has generally begun with a paper form given to an applicant who then takes it to a testing lab that may be some distance away. When the test results are finally sent to the screening provider it can be difficult to match the results with the requesting company and/or applicant, causing frequent delays and errors.
The HireRight Drug and Health Screening Solution brings a new level of automation and quality to the drug testing process by leveraging HireRight’s screening technology platform. Employers initiate tests with the push of a button from their desktop. From there, the employer can track the status of the test in real time and results are automatically posted by the lab to the employer’s secure online HireRight account. Results can be integrated with the background screening report with an average time to completion of less than one and one-half days — half the current industry average. Leveraging this model, the points of potential human error and confusion are virtually eliminated.
According to Scott Buelter, HireRight director of Occupational Health Services: “In today’s employment environment, the speed and accuracy of drug screening reports are critical to hiring the best people and protecting the workplace. The HireRight solution not only delivers greater speed and accuracy, but it also provides the functionality necessary to help employers more effectively and efficiently manage their testing programs.”
For collection, HireRight offers the industry’s broadest selection of “in-network” collection sites, with more than 10,000 collection sites across the U.S. While most drug tests today involve a 5 or 9 drug panel, often not including the newer “street drugs of choice,” HireRight lets employers customize panels from a range of 50 drugs including those currently most abused, as well as alcohol. In addition to standard urine tests, HireRight offers saliva and hair testing which are less invasive to the applicant and can pick up drug use over a longer period of time. HireRight also offers mobile and on-site collection services, often desirable for on-going random drug testing of employees. General health testing can also be performed including physical exams required for the Department of Transportation (DOT) and OSHA, and specialized health testing such as vision, audiometric, iso-kinetic, respiratory, blood pressure, and many others.
The HireRight Drug and Health Screening Solution is now available to employers throughout the U.S.
More than 40 million workers were drug tested last year in the U.S. Most employers drug test because drug users are twice as likely to experience injuries in the workplace; two and a half times more likely to be involved in accidents; have two and a half times greater absenteeism; and are 50 percent more apt to steal from their employers. Also, many companies drug test to be in accord with strict government guidelines.
HireRight will be showcasing its Drug and Health Screening Solution as well as the recently released HireRight Extended Workforce Screening Solution at next week’s Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., June 25-28. Visit HireRight in booth number 2811.
About HireRight
HireRight is a worldwide leading provider of on-demand employment screening solutions that help large organizations efficiently implement, manage and control multifaceted employment background and drug screening programs. Many of the world’s most innovative and successful companies trust HireRight because the company delivers more effective, customer-focused solutions that provide greater efficiency and faster results. HireRight is the pioneer and recognized leader in providing pre-integrated employment screening services through enterprise e-recruiting solutions from best-in-breed providers such as, Oracle/PeopleSoft, Vurv, VirtualEdge, Deploy Solutions, Taleo and PeopleAdmin. HireRight’s worldwide headquarters are located in Irvine, with offices and affiliates around the globe. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.hireright.com.
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