Improving Healthcare

With Extensive Research

Research is a powerful tool helping our clients improve healthcare delivery. Working collaboratively with our clients, we evaluate various program designs and measure the clinical and economic effectiveness of workplace health. Critical data gathering and analysis aids in making better healthcare decisions, building more efficient systems, increasing patient satisfaction, and maximizing return on investment. Our research initiatives include:

• Analyzing the positive results from the integration of primary care and pharmacy services and the impact on prescribing patterns and cost savings
• Defining the economics of workplace health and return on investment
• Measuring and explaining increased engagement in employee health management programs that can be driven through the trusted clinician at the workplace

Below are some recent research studies that you may find useful when evaluating workplace healthcare. If you would like access to other research studies, contact us or call 1-800-572-6650.

Leveraging the Trusted Clinician: Documenting Disease Management Program Enrollment - In this study, we tested the hypothesis that patients working with the trusted clinicians in a workplace-based primary care center and pharmacy would be more likely to enroll in disease management programs than those who were contacted to enroll through traditional telephonic channels alone.(Originally published in Disease Management, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2007)

A Prescription for Appropriate Antibiotics Usage: Physicians and Pharmacists Collaborate Within a Workplace Health Center - This study demonstrates that when on-site clinicians and pharmacists collaborate in the care of their patients, more appropriate and cost-effective prescribing patterns create greater value for employers. (Originally published in Journal of Health and Productivity Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, April 2007)