JOIN VBCH TODAY ---WE NEED YOUR VOICE !

Employers are benefiting by Value Driven Health Care - from wellness in the workplace, to disease management, and from health plan evaluation & design to hospital quality and contracting.  Join your peers in discovering the benefits of joining an employer-member based coalition on health improvement.  Join the Virginia Business Coalition on Health.....TODAY....there's no better time. 

Contact VBCH at vbch@myVBCH.org or phone 757.552.0913

VBCH 2012 SUMMIT 

VBCH Business & Health Summit-June 7th

VBCH partners with the Virginia Chamber for their Virginia Health Care Conference on June 7, 2012 in Richmond.  REGISTER TODAY!  Click Here for details about the national and local speakers, awards, sponsors, how to register, agenda, lodging, exhibiting, and our sponsors.                       

VIRGINIA
CENTER FOR HEALTHY SMALL BUSINESS

Virginia Center for Healthy Small Business

The Virginia Business Coalition on Health will be developing a Center for Healthy Small Business through a grant from the Virginia Department of Health.  Click Here to keep appraised of our progress.

VBCH / NBCH ACTION BRIEFS

The Action Briefs are downloadable and printable for your use as a benefit of membership.  Titles to date include Obesity and Hospital Patient Safety. Click Here for the files.

HOSPITAL QUALITY & TRANSPARENCY

Do you know that children have a 30% greater chance of a medication error?  Let's change that.  Improving hospital quality Virginia-wide is a goal of the VBCH.  Learn more by visiting these links:

Early Elective Deliveries Report Card-Virginia-Click Here

Purchasers Click Here                    Hospitals Click Here 
Leapfrog Hospital Survey updates on Twitter ...Click Here

WELLNESS from A - Z -  FREE RESOURCES

Click Here for links to FREE resources that an employer can use to promote wellness and prevention at the worksite.

Let us know if you have a free resource that you are using and would like to recommend to other employers.

Virginia Workplace Wellness Collaborative

Hear what other employers are doing to maximize their wellness program. Learn new ways to incorporate supportive environments. Keep abreast of the state and federal wellness initiatives. Join this free working group and optimize the sharing of best practices and key issues related to health and wellness.  CLICK HERE for the program details and application to join.

Virginia Health Strategies Project(VHSP)

The Virginia Health Strategy Project empowers employers to leverage existing data to support their health strategy and drive decision-making that promotes prevention, eliminates barriers and encourages use of evidence-based healthcare. Click Here for more information

HEART DISEASE AND STROKE PREVENTION (HDSP) TOOLKIT FOR EMPLOYERS

Use the ToolKit and "Six-Step Guide" for controlling your costs for heart disease and stroke in the workplace.  Resources at the site include the Heart Risk Calculator.
Click Here to download the ToolKit, use the Calculator and other related resources.