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MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH (6/16/2015) - Title: MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH: The Business Value of Workforce Health and Well-Being Description: May 19, 2015 – The latest industry research demonstrating the connection between workforce health and business outcomes, as well as industry initiatives underway to create a culture of health in the community.
AHA Bay Area 2020 Task Force (6/16/2015) - AHA Bay Area 2020 Task Force Description: May 19, 2015 – Overview of the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Communities initiative, as well as specific resources for partnerships in the Bay Area.
NDEP WEBINAR SERIES – Population Health Management: Improving Health Where We Live, Work, and Play (6/16/2015) - NDEP WEBINAR SERIES – Population Health Management: Improving Health Where We Live, Work, and Play Description: February 24, 2015 – A population health management approach considers health quality and costs beyond the clinical setting to integrate health information, management, and support into people’s daily lives. This webinar demonstrates a different way to think about health […]
U.S. Senate HELP Committee – hearing on corporate wellness programs (6/16/2015) - U.S. Senate HELP Committee – hearing on corporate wellness programs Description: January 29, 2015 – Testimony of Catherine Baase, MD, on behalf of The Dow Chemical Company and American Benefits Council.

Transforming Communities, Reimagining Health - July 2016 Transforming Communities With the rise in preventable disease both nationally and globally, communities are increasingly seen as the epicenter for sustainable solutions. There is an increased focus on communities to be the architects of health improvement. This trend towards community transformation speaks to the realization that health is local and that communities are […]
Taking a Wider View of Health in the Workplace - April 2016 When the La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium first began considering how to improve the health of our community, one of the first tools we turned to was the health model developed by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute. With an initial goal of making our county the healthiest in the state, […]
How Employers Can Support and Promote Healthy Communities - February 2016 How Employers Can Support and Promote Healthy Communities There is an inextricable link between health, income and education. In general, the more education you have, the more income you’ll earn over your lifetime and higher education can translate into better health. According to the Robert Wood John Foundation’s (RWJF) Commission to Build a […]

Health & Productivity - “Business leaders must come to understand that they can do everything right to influence the health and productivity of their captured workforce at the worksite, but if that same workforce lives in unhealthy communities employer investments can be lost or certainly weakened.” ~Andrew Webber, Past President & CEO, NBCH
Critical Element = Engagement - “The critical element in these efforts is engagement at the CEO level. It is a leadership call.” ~Thought Leader

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