CorSolutions and University of Michigan Health Management Research Center Establish Strategic Collaboration to Assess Impact of Health and Productivity Initiatives.ROSEMONT Rosemont can have many meanings, including: Places
To provide further demonstration of the value of health and wellness programs, CorSolutions has announced a strategic partnership with the University of Michigan's prestigious Health Management Research Center to determine an accurate methodology for return on investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) for health and wellness management programs. Under the leadership of health and productivity expert Dee Edington, PhD, the Health Management Research Center will conduct research with CorSolutions, the nation's leading health intelligence and solutions company, to quantify Quantify - A performance analysis tool from Pure Software. healthcare costs and design a functional ROI methodology to measure health and wellness program outcomes. This collaborative col·lab·o·rate intr.v. col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing, col·lab·o·rates 1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. 2. research will focus on clinical and financial outcomes relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc healthy lifestyle behaviors and increased productivity for individuals enrolled in health management programs such as Lifestyle Solutions, CorSolutions' online and telephonic behavior modification behavior modification n. 1. The use of basic learning techniques, such as conditioning, biofeedback, reinforcement, or aversion therapy, to teach simple skills or alter undesirable behavior. 2. See behavior therapy. program that helps employers and employees understand the value of healthy behavior choices to workplace productivity and personal well-being. "With consumer driven healthcare that places more responsibility on employees, this new ROI methodology will create the value proposition employers need to ensure the prevention and wellness initiatives deployed to their workforces are helping better manage escalating healthcare costs and resulting in improved productivity," said Ron Noun 1. Ron - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria Bokkos, Daffo West Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member Loeppke, MD, CorSolutions Chief Medical Officer. "CorSolutions is leading the way towards an industry standard for measuring the impact of health and productivity initiatives by collaborating with Dr. Edington and his expert team at the Health Management Research Center." "If we want to help employers address whether there is really a reduction in healthcare and productivity costs and a clinical benefit for employees when they are asked to share the costs, we need to provide evidence that these health management programs work," said Dr. Edington. "There is a slowly growing body of evidence to support an employer decision to invest in health and wellness. We have an opportunity with programs like the integrated health and productivity solutions at CorSolutions to demonstrate the value of the full continuum Continuum (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) can refer to:
Since 1978, Dr. Edington and his research team have developed an extensive healthcare database on healthcare utilization and lifestyle behavior data on over 1,000,000 individuals and consulted with over 1,000 worksites. This database will be utilized to support the research study and will aid CorSolutions in creating an ROI methodology to measure the impact of its Lifestyle Solutions program and related interventions. CorSolutions' Lifestyle Solutions online and telephonic behavior modification program is helping employers and employees understand the value of healthy behavior choices to workplace productivity and personal well-being. Lifestyle Solutions web-module content is provided via a strategic partnership between CorSolutions and vielife, Ltd., internationally recognized health and productivity experts. Lifestyle Solutions offers the most comprehensive and widely validated val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. Health and Well-being Assessment, the first to uncover risky behaviors as well as their underlying causes. Focusing on the four pillars Four Pillars may refer to:
About CorSolutions CorSolutions is the nation's first customer-centric health intelligence and solutions company that measurably meas·ur·a·ble adj. 1. Possible to be measured: measurable depths. 2. Of distinguished importance; significant: a measurable figure in literature. improves lives. An industry pioneer with the longest tenure of delivering proven healthcare outcomes, CorSolutions addresses the demands of business today with an innovative, comprehensive approach to health and productivity. The company offers a completely integrated suite of clinical, administrative and provider services that span the entire health continuum from wellness and prevention to acute, chronic and specialty/complex care to deliver the industry's broadest and most flexible health and productivity management solutions. For more information, visit www.corsolutions.com. |
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