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At more U.S. employers, the doctor is in
Cisco Systems’ sleek new on-site health clinic looks more like a pampering day spa than a medical facility for the company’s employees and their dependents.
Patients sign in on wireless tablets. They chat with their doctors in private “care suites,” anterooms equipped with large, high-definition screens where they can view and discuss their vitals and medical information before entering the exam room. Comfortable padded exam tables, a choice of robes or gowns and an en suite bathroom help salve any indignities that await.
The clinic, which opened for patients Nov. 24 at the networking equipment-maker’s San Jose headquarters, is part of the company’s new $38 million LifeConnections Center, which also includes an employee child care center that can accommodate 400 children and a 48,000-square-foot gym.
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Workers Get Health Care at the Office
Even as employers push a greater share of rising medical costs on to workers, a growing number of companies also are providing services like free check-ups, screening exams and prescription drugs that potentially can save employees hundreds of dollars a year.
Companies say the programs also will save them money in the long run. Although a few employers have long offered on-site clinics, the trend is gathering steam as more companies expect to reduce their overall health-care spending by focusing more attention on preventing illness, including complications from such conditions as hypertension and diabetes. Companies also expect employees will be more productive if they don’t have to leave the workplace to seek medical treatment.
JM Family Enterprises has a doctor in the house to control health costs
As the election reaches fever pitch, one particularly hot button is the high cost of health care–for individuals and for employers.
JM Family Enterprises has joined a handful of companies nationwide to try a new cure: on-site employee medical clinics. JM Family has opened its own Health & Wellness Centers at its three Southeast Toyota Distributors vehicle-processing plants in Jacksonville.
The centers are each staffed by a registered nurse, a medical office specialist and one full-time physician who rotates among the three locations: at the Jacksonville Port Authority’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal, at Westlake Industrial Park, and near Baymeadows Road.
Clinics for Intel workers the ‘ultimate house call’
Intel employees no longer need to leave their Chandler campuses to see a doctor. The company opens medical centers at the Chandler and Ocotillo sites on Friday.
The centers will provide primary care, urgent care, lab services, physical therapy, occupational health care, travel medicine, pharmacy services, fitness training and wellness and prevention programs.
“The center is the ultimate house call,” said Dr. Peter Vasquez, the medical director who oversees the two Chandler centers as well as occupational health in Intel in the United States.
There are 10,000 employees at the Chandler campuses.
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