Value-Added Services

As part of your membership to VBCH, we make available Value Added Services such as FREE Health and Wellness Offerings and links to online resources.  Check back for other resources that become available. 
Let us know what you think and if you have any resources to add. Categories below include Wellness and Prevention-From A-A; Alcohol; Asthma; COPD; Cardiovascular Disease/Stroke (CVD); Diabetes; Depression; Immunizations/Vaccination, and Tobacco/Smoking Cessation.

WELLNESS and PREVENTION - FROM "A" TO "Z"

• Action Brief - VBCH/NBCH

  • December 2011 - Weigh the Benefits of Bariatric Surgery

  • October 2011 - Stem the Obesity Epidemic

  • September 2011 - Hospital Patient Safety

• Best Buy Drugs (Consumer Reports): http://www.consumerreports.org/health/best-buy-drugs/index.htm

• Care Management Central  - GlaxoSmithKline

• Chronic Disease Self-Management Program ...Offered through the Virginia Department of Health

• Communications Toolkit ... The communication toolkit is a collection of free health communication materials to use with your workforce about evidence-based health care and getting high quality care. 

• Comparing health care in different states:

  • Kaiser Foundation www.statehealthfacts.org

  • Dartmouth Atlas http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/

• Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Reports, statistics, surveys and analysis of employee benefits topics and trends: www.ebri.org

• Health Savings Accounts (U.S. Dept. of Treasury): http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/public-affairs/hsa/

• Health insurance research studies:

  • California Health Care Foundation: www.chcf.org

  • Commonwealth Fund: www.cmwf.org

• Healthy Seasons (use subscriber code: 8281)

• How's Your Health, America? .... Free online Health Risk Assessment for ages 2-99 which allows you to print your survey answers in a one page report that you can share with your personal physician (Dartmouth Medical School)

• Human Resource Executive Online ... News, strategies and resources for the senior HR executive

• Insure More Virginians ... expanding health coverage through education

• Know Your Surgical Options - EthiconEndo Surgery; Benefits of Minimally Invasive Surgery

• Leapfrog Hospital Survey (patient safety and quality)

• Leading by Example ...Leading practices for employee health management  US Chamber of Commerce; Partnership for Prevention

• MerckEngage - Merck - offers tools and information—to help you work more closely with your doctor

• National Business Coalition on Health Publication Library

• Prevention Calling  - Merck

• Prevention: Moving Science into Coverage ...An Employer's Guide to Prevention NBGH Hot Topics

• Quality Dividend Calculator - NCQA; to see how quality health care impacts productivity and absenteeism

• Quality measures (National Quality Forum): www.qualityforum.org/

• Quality issues and measures (Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality): www.ahrq.gov

• Talking Quality With Consumers - US Govt; Tools and advice on communicating the importance of  seeking quality medical providers and facilities

• VBCH Wellness in the Workplace Awards

• Virginia Atlas for Community Health - by Community Health Solutions

• Virginia's Demographic Profile: Population Trends in the Commonwealth, 2009 - Council on Virginia's Future, Richmond, VA

• Virginia Center for Healthy Communities

• WELCOA Web site

  • Weight Loss: A Side-Effect Of A Healthy Lifestyle ...a WELCOA PowerPoint now available at no charge.  Click Here to download
  • WELCOA Membership at $100 discount to VBCH Members.  Click Here to sign up

• Wellness Newsletters by HealthStat
  

ALCOHOL

Screening and Brief Intervention:

• Alcohol Cost Calculator for Business - www.alcoholcostcalculator.org/to determine the impact of alcoholism on a workforce

• All-in-One SBIRT Resource

• BI for Drinking in Primary Care (WHO)

• Rethinking Drinking - NIAAA

• Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems

• Brief Negotiated Interview

• Drinking guidelines

• AUDIT-C

ASTHMA

• Asthma Insight and Management ( AIM ) - Merck

• ATAQ Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire - Merck

• It Takes a Team Asthma educational video targeted at children - Merck

• Rethink Asthma - Astra Zeneca

CANCER

• Cancer - NBGH Hot Topics (Genentech)

COPD

• Drive4COPD program web site by Boehringer Ingelheim

• Rethink COPD program web site by Astra Zeneca

CVD / HEART / STROKE

• Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention TooKit for Employers - VBCH/VDH

• Medical Emergency Response Plan for Work sites - VDH

• Successful Business Strategies to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke - CDC

• Surviving a Heart Attack video: three people tell about their experiences and how their lives changed - USA Today

• Virginia Atrial Fibrillation / Flutter Report - Sanofi Aventis

DIABETES

• Cornerstones4Care - Novo Nordisk

• Diabetes, Attitudes, Wishes & Needs Study

• DiabetesHealth.com web site includes newsletters and FREE iPhone Diabetes Applications

• Diabetes at Work (English)

• Diabetes at Work (Spanish)

• www.DiabetesLocal.org a website listing local resourcesthroughout Virginia and surrounding states

• Diabetes Resources Directory - Hampton Roads 2009 - VBCH

• Institute for Alternative Futures - Diabetes 2025 Virginia

• International Diabetes Foundation

• Journey For Control - Merck

• National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)

• NDEP Publications & Resources (Available in many different languages) 

• NDEP It’s not easy, but it’s worth it Campaign

• NBCH eValue8 Employer Report, 2008 Health Plan Diabetes Care Performance

• World Diabetes Foundation

• OneTouch - Diabetes Free Reminders to Check & Refill - LifeScan, Inc.

• Virginia Type Two Diabetes Report 2009 – Presented by Virginia Business Coalition on Health and Sonafi Aventis

• Virginia Type Two Diabetes Report 2008 – Presented by Virginia Business Coalition on Health and Sonafi Aventis

• World Diabetes Foundation

DEPRESSION

• Depression Management in the Workplace made possible by the Colorado Business Group on Health

• Depression in the Workplace Mental Health America

IMMUNIZATION & VACCINATION

• Adult Immunization Resource - Community Coalitions Health Institute (CCHI) and National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH)

• AdultVaccination.org

• Care Management Central  -  GlaxoSmithKline

• Immunization Schedule - CDC

• Immunization Action Coalition

• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

• Prevention Calling  - Merck

• Project Immunize Virginia

• The Guide to Community Preventive Services - CDC

• Vaccines & Immunizations (General) - CDC

• Vaccines & Immunizations (Adults) - CDC

• Seasonal Flu Information 2011-2012 for Businesses & Employers - CDC

TOBACCO/SMOKING CESSATION

• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids  Virginia-Facts and Issues

• QuitNow Virginia web site or
  phone 1-800-QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669)

• Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) - Smoking Cessation Issue to Consider

• Tobacco - The Business of Quitting  NBCH Hot Topics