Posts Tagged ‘Health Care’
Why you should invest in benefits communication
This guest post is by Jennifer Benz, chief strategist and founder of Benz Communications. Are you getting your money’s worth from employee benefits? Many companies spend 30% of their compensation budget on benefits such as medical, dental, insurance and retirement plans, but they might be skipping simple steps that ensure they get the full value [...]
Going social with benefits conversations — a Q-and-A with Jennifer Benz
In the past two years, Jennifer Benz has added 10 employees at her benefits communications firm Benz Communications, where the client roster includes such household names such as Intuit and Brooks Brothers. In a recent conversation with Robert Jones, contributing editor of SmartBrief on Entrepreneurs, Benz shared her views on using social media for communicating [...]
How health care may change in 2011
Any analysis of the changes that the nation’s health care system may undergo in 2011 must begin with a discussion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, because so much else depends on it. On Dec. 13, Virginia District Court Judge Henry Hudson, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, found [...]
Oncology nurse Theresa Brown, on promoting a patient-centered culture
Theresa Brown, BSN/RN/OCN, is a floor nurse in Pittsburgh and author of “Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life and Everything in Between.” SmartBrief editor Kathryn Doherty recently spoke with her about the challenges of communication — with physicians, patients and other hospital departments — facing nurses today and how these challenges affect patient [...]
How United HealthGroup and Jones Lang LaSalle promote wellness
This post is by Adam Gaub, lead editor of SmartBrief for Health Care Marketers. Skipping dessert? Hitting the gym? Getting your annual checkup? Common-sense practices that promote better health may have benefits that go beyond personal health for some companies participating in UnitedHealthcare’s new personal reward program. Kickstarted in January, with three major companies — [...]
Employees feeling the health care pinch
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Are your employees bearing a higher portion of health care costs today than before? Yes — employees cover a higher percentage of [...]
Betty Otter-Nickerson on what it takes to get and stay ahead
As president of Sage North America’s Healthcare Division, Betty Otter-Nickerson is responsible for strategic vision and operations, building on the company’s more than 25 years of innovation in the health care field. She most recently was COO of the LiveStrong Foundation. You’re in an industry undergoing rapid changes, in terms of technology and the regulatory [...]
Still a wait and see on employer sponsored health care?
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: With health care reform a reality, what is the next step for your organization? We’re still waiting and seeing what really happens [...]
