Guide helps employers choose health promition, prevention programs.

The National Business Group on Health has updated its Employer's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services clinical preventive service Managed care A health care service delivered in clinical settings for the purpose of preventing the onset or progression of a health condition or illness , an online tool designed to help employers develop and implement prevention and health promotion programs and translate research evidence on clinical preventive services (such as screenings and counseling) into business jargon jargon, pejorative term applied to speech or writing that is considered meaningless, unintelligible, or ugly. In one sense the term is applied to the special language of a profession, which may be unnecessarily complicated, e.g., "medical jargon. .

The guide comprises six sections, including one that lists helpful resources and another that contains promotional materials. The "Clinical Service Recommendations and Strategies" section includes 64 translations of clinical recommendations. Each translation provides a grade for the recommendation based on the strength of clinical evidence and the overall net benefit of the service; the translations also include cost data when available and programmatic pro·gram·mat·ic
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or having a program.

2. Following an overall plan or schedule: a step-by-step, programmatic approach to problem solving.

3. ideas for employers. One of the translations addresses alcohol and substance abuse, while another covers depression.

To download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. the guide, visit businessgrouphealth.org See .org.

(networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations.

RFC 1591. .

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Title Annotation:	Info Sources; National Business Group on Health
Publication:	The Journal of Employee Assistance
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	May 1, 2005
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