Currahee Health Benefits and WellMed Partner to Provide Comprehensive Online Health Management Tools and Services to Employers.Health/Medical Writers ATLANTA Atlanta (ətlăn`tə, ăt–), city (1990 pop. 394,017), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek, near the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1847. & PORTLAND Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , Ore.--(BW HealthWire)--June 18, 2002 Flexible, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. online health and benefit information combats rising health care costs Currahee Health Benefits Solutions, Inc. and WellMed, Inc., a health communication company, announced today a distributor partnership to provide the WellMed Health Hub(TM) to the more than 95,000 people who are served by Currahee's disease management and health and wellness services. Currahee's relationship with WellMed will enable its clients to strengthen their existing services with personalized, online health resources designed to better manage escalating health care costs. "There's no one-shot One-Shot Heart surgery A device for automatic anastomosis of vessels–eg, coronary arteries in < 2 mins, used with Mini-CABG instruments, which places 12 vascular clips for a complete closure. See Coronary arterial bypass graft. solution to addressing the rising cost of health care," explains Mack Bryson Bryson is a common last name, also used as a first name or place name. The name Bryson comes from the English origin. In English The meaning of the name Bryson is "Noble's son". , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Currahee. "We work with companies to address a number of factors: chronic illness, behavior and lifestyle modification, and now -- with the services of WellMed -- empowerment em·pow·er tr.v. em·pow·ered, em·pow·er·ing, em·pow·ers 1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority. See Synonyms at authorize. 2. of the employee to control his or her health care." The WellMed Health Hub enables Currahee clients to offer employees and their dependants current and relevant health information on their personal health home page. Employees can also identify their health risks, track personal health information, import clinical data such as test results and health records, access interactive health improvement programs and participate in personalized care plans. The Health Hub will be available to all Currahee clients. "Currahee expands the reach of the WellMed Health Hub to clients seeking improvements to their risk, disease and prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, management," said Craig Froude, chairman and CEO of WellMed. "We will provide the online infrastructure for Currahee clients to customize a program that is personalized to employee health needs and reduces administrative and communication costs." The WellMed Health Hub The WellMed Health Hub helps clients enhance the quality of care and services they provide, while controlling escalating health care costs. The Health Hub provides a secure online health communication platform that aggregates self-reported health information and integrates it with a corporation's business rules, benefits, guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. and third-party health resources. Then, following proprietary analysis, the Health Hub communicates with clients and individuals to guide them in achieving their health-related objectives. With the business intelligence provided by the WellMed Health Hub, employers can easily modify their existing programs and services to more effectively meet employee needs and bring about positive behavioral behavioral pertaining to behavior. behavioral disorders see vice. behavioral seizure see psychomotor seizure. change. The core products and related applications that comprise the WellMed Health Hub include: -- Personal Health Manager(TM) -- The interactive dashboard for individuals that contains a comprehensive suite of online health assessments, condition information and personalized, relevant health resources to elevate the user's ability to effectively manage health issues on a daily basis. -- Personal Health Insight(TM) -- The decision-support control panel that clients use to analyze aggregate health data in real time, address population health risks, proactively implement preventive programs, and communicate directly with individual users. -- Personal Health Connect(TM) -- The secure communication tool that facilitates online dialogue between individuals and providers, thus enabling more streamlined and effective individual health management. About Currahee Currahee Health Benefits Solutions works with companies who have self-funded health insurance programs, identifying where risks exist through the auditing of pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. and medical claims and designing programs to help manage chronic illness and encourage healthy lifestyles and behaviors. Currahee offers companies and municipalities creative and aggressive solutions to escalating health care costs. Chronic disease management programs are customized to the needs, wants, and desires of each client. Currahee clients normally experience a positive financial return on investment, supported by clinical data, within eighteen (18) months from the inception date of the programs. About WellMed WellMed's award-winning online products and services enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health, while providing client organizations with business intelligence to proactively address costly health care issues. Organizations that purchase WellMed's solutions include self-insured self-insured Self fund Health insurance adjective Referring to the practice of carrying an individual health insurance policy for oneself; self insurance is usually more expensive than group insurance corporations, health insurance companies, government agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers and national retailers. WellMed, Inc. is headquartered in Portland, Ore., with regional offices in Seattle, Atlanta, and Boise. |
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