Advances In Health 2.0 Stimulate Community Engagement With Health
Many employers out there have heard of Web 2.0 -- but have they heard of Health 2.0? This new trend involves online integration between doctors and patients, as well as use of online portals like WebMD to supplement doctor-provided information.
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Pharmacy Benefit Design Yields Success With Helping Diabetic Workers
New data shows that the "Diabetes Ten City Challenge", a three-year-old, employer-sponsored initiative, can help workers improve on managing their diabetes.
Researchers from the American Pharmacists Association found that participants in DTCC not only saw their hemoglobin A1C (a laboratory test showing the patient's average blood sugar control) decrease, but also their LDL cholesterol and blood pressure.
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More employers Link Health Risk Appraisals To Open Enrollment
Employers are redefining open enrollment by using the process to encourage workers to sign up for health risk appraisals and disease management programs.
They see the benefits enrollment period as the perfect time to educate workers on how healthier lifestyle decisions affect health care costs.
For instance, 53% of companies report they included or will include by 2009 an HRA in their benefit enrollment process, while 36% use open enrollment to encourage employees to sign up for disease management programs or will do so by 2009, reports Watson Wyatt.
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Health Risk Assessment.
What Drives The High Cost Of Health Care
Rising health care costs and-consequently-the large number of uninsured have become two of the most prominent public policy issues in the presidential campaign. Before politicians attempt to "solve" the problem, they should first understand what is driving it.
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Americans Desire More Control, Better Choices In Health Plan Options
A mere 7% of Americans feel they are adequately prepared financially to deal with the future costs of health care, according to a new survey by Deloitte.
At the same time, Americans are expressing a desire to become better consumers of health care services, with more control over their purchases and greater access to medical records, retail clinics and other medical innovations, Deloitte found.
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