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Imagine your workers' compensation claims going from 543 a year to about a dozen companywide, with incurred medical costs plummeting from $3.5 million to $300,000 and claims costs going from $4.04 for each $100 of payroll to only $1.27.
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Over 22,000 of Santa Clara, CA-based Intel's employees have participated in its "Health for Life 3-Step Wellness Check" program at least once in the last two years. How did the company get such great participation?
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A worker is wearing a full body harness, but with the lanyard attached to a handrail instead of to an anchor point that was engineered for fall protection. No one is injured - at least not this time.
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Depression is not as visible as a back injury-but it is without question a significant drain on workforce productivity-both absenteeism and presenteeism.
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In these tough economic times, it may seem like a luxury to go beyond the basics in employee health and wellness. But addressing the health needs of your workers - from injury prevention to chronic disease management - may be the smartest way to save money.
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The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) recently briefed Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill, outlining an advocacy agenda that ties the worker health to the current push for health care reform.
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Employee health conditions have impact far beyond medical and pharmacy costs, yet for several years those areas have been the primary focus of cost-savings efforts tied to prevention and treatment of chronic conditions, the authors emphasize.
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Patients who receive proton-pump inhibitors in the hospital are at increased risk for hospital-acquired pneumonia.
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The combination of a CBC and a BMP can predict death.
