Study: On-site clinics can help public employers curb healthcare costs

With the cost of employee healthcare benefits on the rise, public employers are under increased pressure to contain costs while also providing benefits that help them maintain a healthy work force and attract the best employees. One solution to consider: on-site health clinics, according to a recently released study.

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These findings are consistent

These findings are consistent with what Trans World Airlines found when we established onsite and rapid response specialty clinics for them in the 1980s and beyond.

We have since advanced much further, utilizing telecommunication, technology and remote diagnostic and treatment options that were not available 30 years ago.

Hopefully private and public employers won't rely simply on this study and end up creating onsite clinics that ignore the advances that have been made over the past three decades.

Ron Hammerle, Chairman
Health Resources, Ltd.
Tampa, Florida

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