You won’t find many working adults who are quick to say they got a good night’s rest. And yet poor sleep can easily affect our quality of life. Suboptimal sleep can have a detrimental effect on our physical and mental health, even playing a role in cognitive decline and early mortality.1 Poor sleep also costs…
Insights and guidance to efficiently manage the process featured in an article in HIT Consultant Managing the immunization process for employees has become contentious and complex over the past 18 months. Net Health’s Chief Product Officer, David Owen outlines the how, why, and solutions for this new reality for hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other…
For many, the past two years or so have created challenges for the already-changing healthcare sector, including Employee Health. Today, urgent pandemic mandates have come into play alongside longer-standing – and equally important – requirements. It’s clear that as recent times continue to change and evolve so must the healthcare arena. The good news is,…
The White House’s sweeping COVID-19 mandates have only increased the importance of establishing efficient and compliant Employee Health (EH) programs. Among other things, such as the vaccination requirement of various healthcare workers, the mandates introduce broad regulations involving nearly 17 million healthcare workers nationwide.1 With ongoing regulations and constant developments, how can EH departments best…
Right now, vaccination mandates for healthcare organizations and even for some non-medical employers are on the rise. How can Employee Health departments and employers track and manage these new government regulations? That’s what the Pittsburgh Business Times was curious about when they spoke with Net Health’s Chief Product Officer David Owen recently to see if…
The rapid increase in COVID cases due to the Delta variant has led to a rash of new guidelines as well as federal and state regulations. Last week the Biden Administration announced two major initiatives that directly impact hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and others on the frontlines of patient care. More specifically the latest directives…
While Employee Health departments in hospitals and healthcare systems deserve credit for making sure their staff members have been vaccinated for both influenza and COVID-19, new challenges lie ahead. Employee Health departments will be grappling with how to manage both COVID-19 and the flu this year. According to the CDC, 55% of adults were vaccinated…
In the past year, hospitals have been on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, and EH departments have been tasked with protecting employees and patients from outbreaks, illness and mortality. Infectious disease tracking is now a larger and enduring part of EH. As a result, state-of-the-art solutions for tracking and compliance are needed to track…
A year into the global crisis, data now drives the COVID pandemic response.1 From testing positivity percentages to per-population vaccination rates and the evolving number of patients who have been hospitalized, accurate and on-demand data is critical to inform collective COVID action. However, prioritizing patient data creates a critical challenge for employee health (EH) departments….