Click Here for the latest VBCH News
Click Here for health and wellness resources on diabetes, CVD and other conditions
Click Here for the Diabetes Calculator for Employers
Click Here for the Diabetes At Work website offering copyright-free diabetes prevention and control educational materials designed for employers
Click Here to link to this important web site about questions you should ask your health care provider.
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Click Here to learn more about VBCH's Wellness in the workplace Awards
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Click Here for a FREE Health Risk Assessment that improves communication between patient and physician
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Population Health Resources
Click Here for community health initiatives and communications tools that can help your company.
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Click Here for Quit Now Virginia
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Click Here for the Communications Toolkit website...............................................
Click Here for the Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs™
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Click Here to save on branded prescriptions
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Thank You for attending the VBCH Health Summit 2010Thank you for attending our Health summit featuring speakers Leah Binder, Chief Executive Officer, The Leapfrog Group, and Spencer Byrum of Convergent HRS, LLC. |
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR! - 2010 FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGVBCH will convene it's members for the Fall Membership Meeting to be held Thursday, September 23, 2010 from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM; Venue to be announced . Learn about purchasers use of "On-Site Clinics"and other innovations to improve employee access to care. ALSO, VBCH will announce it's 2010-2011 slate of officers and the 2010 Wellness in the Workplace Awards winners. |
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HOSPITAL QUALITY USING LEAPFROG HOSPITAL SURVEY ++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: VBCH Hospital Report with health plan networks...Click Here Purchasers Click Here Hospitals Click Here |
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EMPLOYERS - APPLY FOR THE 2010 COLLEGE TODAY! The VBCH, with educational partner Pfizer, will be enrolling qualified employers for the first Value Based Benefit "College" to be held in Richmond on June 17th. There is no cost to apply, Click Here to apply for a scholarship. |
Take Action Against DepressionVBCH employers have participated in a NIMH Coalition Study of Depression Management in the Workplace which is administered by the Colorado Business Group on Health. |
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 |
| Today's Health Headlines |
| "[Hospital] Transparency Should Not Be a Luxury; It Is a Matter of Life and Death: What Purchasers and Consumers Can Do" |
May 6, 2006
The Virginia Business Coalition on Health (VBCH), formerly the Hampton Roads Health Coalition (HRHC)(1983-Present), announces its Virginia-wide expansion.
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Click Here to download the Virginia Type Two Diabetes Report for 2009 publication.
Value Driven Health Care
VBCH-Proud Member and Data Partner of The Leapfrog Group:
Click Here for The Leapfrog Hospital Survey Results (then click on "Consumers"
CENTRAL LINE INFECTION RATES: To view infection rates at Virginia Hospitals, scroll righ for column "Reduce ICU Infections". Click the "I" and the pop-up window will show the rates for each hospital that reported CLABSI rates,
Click Here for the Consumer Reports (Mar 2010)/Leapfrog story on Central Line Infections
Click Here for the Leapfrog Central Line Infection information:
Find information about infections at www.safercare.net and www.ihi.org
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VBCH-Proud Member of NBCH
Click Here to visit NBCH - a voice of the VBCH and other coalitions nationwide ...30M Covered Lives!
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eValue8 is a national partnership to evaluate health plan quality, and is implemented locally by VBCH. Click Here to learn more and get involved
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Click Here to learn about HealthMapRx....a diabetes coaching program launched in Virginia
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VBCH-Proud Member of the NQF: 
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Click Here for the link to the: "National Priorities and Goals"
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...Click Here for the NCQA Physician Directory Search ...Physician Recognition for Diabetes, Heart, Back Pain and Physician Practice